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DIY patio landscape
We live in a town home and have a small patio (about 25'x10'). There is an unfinished 10'x10' dirt area that we would like to remodel. We were thinking pavers but really don't want to spend a ton of money and plan on doing it ourselves. Does anyone have any suggestions or ideas on what to do/how to do it cost effectively? Thanks!
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Re: DIY patio landscape
Is this dirt area intended to be the garden, for flowers, or simply unfinised and other residents have paved it?
I love flowers, so I'd recommend a garden if you don't have one. But, if your intent is to make your patio feel larger by having something solid on it, my recommendation would be this:
Buy a few larger paving stones or patio stones, then fill in with smaller stones. You still need to keep this level so no one falls, but it will be cheaper than all pavers. You'll want to put some landscaping fabric underneath your choices so the stones don't all fall into the dirt and mix in. Put some sand over the landcaping fabric to hold it down, level the sand, then place your larger stones, then fill in with your smaller ones. This way, if you want to place shepherd hooks in the stoney areas, with annual plants for color all year, you could. I'd recommend choosing a someone common smaller stone, because over the years it will settle, and some get kicked around to other areas so it thins. Or, buy an extra bag or 2 for future use.
In my 30 years of gardening, I've come to the conclusion that geraniums are the easiest annual plans to maintain and grow. I always fought that because I always thought of them as "old lady plants", but after trying petunias, including wave petunias, impatiens, gerbera daisies, geraniums are the ones that are hardest to kill, LOL. You just need to pinch back the dead growth, and even if you don't, you'll still get flowers.
Good luck.
You will need to dig about 6 inches deep (if the pavers you use are 3 in deep), which can be a huge task as there is likely hard compact soil and clay in there. Then you need to ensure that the entire area is level. Once it is, you put a landscaping fabric, 2 inches of paver base, level, 1 inch of sand, level, and then the pavers. Then you put in locking sand over it, wet it and brush the sand into the cracks properly with a broom.
You can get individual pavers anywhere from $0.70-$4 each. The sand is a little pricey and the paver base is reasonable. Talk to the people at your local home improvement store about how much of this stuff you will need based on your size.