Our final project this season is to create a mowing strip along our front walk. It is very difficult to mow currently. Our property is every so slightly sloped, thus the need for the stepped walkway.I plan on finding antique / reclaimed brick similar to those pictured above. When everything is done, the brick mowing strip will flow into the "brick" front porch.
How To Install The Mowing Strip:Step 1
Measure the walkway. Standard bricks are 4 inches wide and 8 inches long; use other types if you prefer but make sure that they are designed to be used in ground installations.Step 2
Dig a trench around the walkway at least 4 inches deep. Make your trench wide an inch wider than your bricks so that there will be room to work bricks into the sand.Step 3
Fill the trench with sand up to about an inch below the surface and tamp it down well by walking around it or leaving it to settle for a few days.Step 4
Lay your bricks in a line or across the sand and work them into the sand foundation until they sit evenly against the edge of the grass. Lay them flat, on end or tip them on their sides. Add a second row of bricks inside as a "curb" around the bed. Tilt bricks against each other in a sawtooth pattern. Use a mallet and board to tap them so they sit evenly.Step 5
Sprinkle some sand around the edging to fill any gaps and backfill the edging from the garden side with soil. Water the edging well to settle the bricks into the sand.- START: Start by Sept 1.
- MATERIALS LIST: reclaimed brick
- ESTIMATED COST: relatively inexpensive, depending on where the brick is acquired.
- PROJECT DETAILS: SEE ABOVE
- PROJECTED TIME LINE: 2 weeks
- WORKERS FOR PROJECT: 2 (Honey bunny and me)
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