Beginner Gardening: How to create stone staircase, 1 by JeanK

JeanK wrote:
We refer to our front yard as being "down in the hole". As you can see, from the second photo we needed a method to get back up to our driveway over the rip-rap. These steps were built by professionals and were secured with mortar. After watching them, my husband built the second steps in our back yard. (shown below -- I'm new at this and printed the last picture first). They were built on a gradual slope that wasn't as great as the rip-rap in front, however, he, too secured them with mortar. The "steps" are "steppers" and they are placed on other stones that are flat and several inches high. Since we live in AR with plenty of stones, it isn't hard to find the material to build these steps, however, you do need a strong person to move these stones!