Stepping Stones - Using Them to Enhance Your Garden

Stepping stones are popular in many people'sthings include marbles, small fun objects, assorted
gardens and yard areas. What many people domementos, and anything else you could possibly
not know is that stepping stones don't have to bethink of to make your stones unique. If you
exclusively made from natural rock. Molds can bechoose, you can also do hand prints after the mix
filled with anything from concrete to wood, madehas dried thoroughly.
from logs.Stepping stones don't just serve decorative
There are many reasons why stepping stonespurposes though. They also serve practical
are so popular with so many people. One suchpurposes as well. By placing stepping stones on
reason is that they are very easy to make. Asyour lawn, they can absorb the pounding your
long as you know how to mix concrete, you're inlawn takes by everyone stepping on it, and
the clear when it comes to making steppingtherefore avoid compaction problems. In planting
stones. As well as being easy to make, they arebeds, they can reduce the problem of dirt being
also quite fun to decorate, offering hundreds ofdrug into the house by outsiders
different ways to craft them to your own styleWhen placing the stones in the desired area, it's
and liking. Natural rock, although still aestheticallyimportant to remember that they should not be in
please, doesn't offer the same decorative options.the ground above a half an inch, to prevent
As far as decorations go, the sky is just abouttripping or falling, and also to protect the stone
the limit here. You can use a combination of thingsfrom damage.
when it comes to decorating your stones. Such