A pathway substance as informal as mulch involves an equally informal or casual border substance, making natural stones that an proper option. It is possible to use small cobblestones, field stones or river stones. While these types of rocks vary slightly in size and shape, you can readily lay stones in a curve, which is hard to perform landscape timbers and square pavers. A stone pathway border also coordinates nicely in the event that you use stone edging for your flower beds or possess a stone retaining wall. Choose stones that are roughly equal in size for a more consistent border.
Assess the height and width of the largest stone and then use that dimension when installing the border. Even though the stones should be roughly the same dimensions, always use the largest measurement.
Line both sides of this mulch pathway with garden seams, leaving a difference between the hose and pathway that is equivalent to the width of the largest stone. Garden hoses work nicely since they bend easily to adhere to the curves in the path. Transfer the design to the soil or grass with landscaping spray paint, then remove the seams.
Cut across the spray paint outline with a half-moon edger or a rotary edging tool. Cut a second line directly contrary to the flux pathway.
Eliminate the turf and soil between the cut edger lines with a spade to make a trench for the stones. Dig the trench to a depth of approximately one third to one-half the height of their stones. Separate as much of the soil from the grass as possible.
Set the stones in the trench side by side, spacing them as close together as possible. Reserve the smaller or more rounded for the curved segments of the border to leave minimal gaps between the stones.
Push the clean, native soil into the trench around the stones on the outside of the border. Push mulch from the stones on the pathway side of this border.