Beginner Gardening: Stepping Stones, 1 by missingrosie

missingrosie wrote:
I would pay a landscape architect for an hour of time to get some idea about how to route the water away from that area - then you would not have the mud to deal with.

With regard to the stone question - we have large flagstones placed to form a path and I bet the stones are 4 inches or more in height. I can't imagine that these stones would sink into mud. So maybe it is a question of stone size. Also maybe the right choice of a base would help offset your issues. Could you set in gravel or 'crush and run?' Does that sound like it would work? I think paying for an hour of time from a professional will repay you with much more value than the cost. He/She can also advice on ways to dress it up and answer any other questions you may have about plant choices etc.

Here is an example of the size of the flagstones. It rains sometimes pretty hard and the stones have not sunk. The land to the right is higher and so the runnoff definitely runs toward the stones.

(Edited to make sense!)

This message was edited Mar 18, 2010 4:31 PM