Completed rock path

[deadeye]

Reconfiguration of the steps during Last years deck remodel left a large gap in my stone path.  Last fall and this spring I gathered stones from my land to complete the path.  It was cold the past two days but it was just fine for manhandling rocks. Very tired arms and back but no smashed fingers. 

Starts with a boarder of pavers.


Lots of stones are required as raw material.  Size, shape, texture and color are important features.


Almost finished product. My wife will add small stones to gaps.   

[glenn57]

that  really looks nice deadeye!!!!!  after your wife gets done with her part of that project, are you going to put paver sand in between???

looks like a pretty long path too!!!!!!!!

[Dotch]

Ah, rock picking or as my Dad called it, character building. Unless the glacier was extremely kind to you in that area, finding as many as you have with flat sides would be a challenge not to mention a lot of work. Looks great! 

[Steve-o]

You do good work.

[LPS]

Good job DE.  Big project.

[deadeye]

dotch, lucky for me the glacier was indeed good to me as I have no problem finding rocks with a flat surface.  Even more lucky is that I can pick them off old rock piles that I had no part of making. 

glenn57, no paver sand just small rocks and pebbles. The stones don't move because some are buried a foot deep.  The only thing that moved a few are some tree roots on the way to the pergola.  I may have to pull up a few rocks and cut off the roots. 

I did the bulk of the paths soon after I moved here in 2006.  Last year I added 15 feet by the garden shed and now because I changed the deck steps, I had to construct an additional 10 feet by the house.  I collected most of the rocks for this part last fall but did bring home a few nice ones this spring as well.   There's just under 200 feet of stone paths now.  Either the stones are getting bigger or I'm getting weaker because it seems to take a lot longer to construct a path today than it did 14 years ago.  Maybe global warming is making the rocks heaver. 

[Jerkbiat]

Wow! That looks awesome!!!

[glenn57]

Wow! That looks awesome!!!

JB dont show your wife that.......or we all know what you'll be doing soon!!!!!!!!

[Jerkbiat]

Boy isn't that the truth!