Patio Fun

This week I've been working on making a path into the backyard of my house. I haven't finished because I ran out of pea gravel! I'll have to get some more tomorrow. It's been a slow process. I started on Monday and had to stop for two days because I found a cable wire running where I was digging out the dirt. The cable guy had to come and re-dig it for me. But so far I think it looks pretty good. All I did was remove 4" of the existing dirt, place some weed fabric down, spread a mixture of pea gravel and some of the dirt I removed, and on top of that an extra layer of the dirt. After that I placed the pavers and brushed in sand into the crevaces. You're really supposed to use pure sand for the second layer of aggregate but, since Florida soil has a high content of sand I used it instead. I can't wait until it's finished :)

I also stained the patio. It's dirty now with all the digging for the pathway. The stain was so easy to apply. I just rolled it on and it dryed in less than an hour! The kind I used is a semi-transparent, so it leaves the impression of natural stone.