Installation of Stones in Soil
- 1). Remove any sod from the area where you will be installing stones with a shovel. If you are placing the stones a foot or more apart, you can just take out the grass where the stones will be laid.
- 2). Loosen the soil by tilling the surface lightly. This will help you to settle the stones into the ground.
- 3). Dig out enough soil to place a stone level with the surrounding surface or vegetation. Because stones are irregularly shaped, the depth they will need to be buried will vary.
- 4). Place stones close together with about a 1- to 2-inch gap to make a walkway. Since the stones will have different numbers of sides and the edges may be straighter or rougher, place those stones that fit together best closer together.
- 5). Walk on the stones to help settle them into the soil.
- 6). Put loose soil on the surface of the stone walkway and sweep it into the spaces between the stones.
