Garden and yard landscaping
We have a part of the yard where there was practically nothing. Between the woodshed and the greenhouse. In this part of the yard there was only a part with sand for our boy. And we have a part of an old unsightly wall that we wanted to hide. Because a new wall is not in the plans, at least not soon.
The wife wanted something for flowers so she added old tires, buckets and we twisted the reinforcement, so that later creepers or meter-long green beans could grow.
But that wasn't enough. Then I had an idea and I made myself something :)
We had old pepper tiles and gravel and the idea was to use half the tiles to fence off the yard, to which we would later add larger gravel.In order not to cut the tile with a grinder and create a lot of dust, we decided to break it in half with a hammer, since it is long and there is no need to bury the entire tile.
We sifted the gravel to get larger and larger stones.
We imagined the entrance to the trail through an arch and for the trail to wrap around into a circle next to the tire.
As the work progressed, our little helper got tired and dozed off on the gravel path.
During the work, we realized that we had space and that it would be good to add another leg of the path.It was not a problem to break the tile, because it is already old, but we worked hard for the gravel, we sifted about 2 cubic meters.
The wife moved her stump that was in the front garden and plans to plant flowers around the path.
We also left some small gravel next to the path to the woodshed, a place where our son will play.
It took us two days to complete the path, we still have to add soil in some places and maybe sift more gravel.
Thanks for reading.
Until next time.
Stay healthy.
Markone85.
Oh wow it looks absolutely amazing! It'll look great once some plants grow as well. Did you use anything to stop the weeds coming up or do you think the rocks are thick enough to prevent that? Looks like a great place to sleep in the sunshine that's for sure. Little man had the right idea.
Thank you
We were thinking about putting some foil under the path but we only had a small part that we put around the stump. And who would wait another day to buy it :)
Generally the path is pretty well cleared of grass and roots, but the grass always finds its way.
We plan to add more gravel, so it will be thicker and there is also hot water to water any grass that sprouts. And the little man with his machines :)
That was quite the project, and it came out so nice using the materials you already had. ♥
Yes, thank you. A big advantage when everything is at hand. There are more tiles, so maybe another project will be created :)
Creative and practical use of materials. Turning an unused space into something functional and kid-friendly is impressive.
Thank you.
Our son started digging holes in the yard with a hoe and breaking roof tiles with a hammer. I'm afraid we won't wake up one morning with our son's new project :)
They did such a great job with those scrap materials. The path looks beautiful. Congratulations... That photo of the boy taking a break is really funny.
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