Page 6 2023 Spring Home and Garden LINCOLN DAILY NEWS April/May 2023 By Derek Hurley There are a lot of options for building walkways and patios around the home. Brick can be a good choice for building a walkway or patio. The best part about using brick is that you may be able to find bricks for an inexpensive price, and you can build such a pathway relatively easily with your own hands. Enhance your outdoor living spaces with brick paths and patios One example of using bricks to build around the home is in this video. Brick pathways can be useful for connecting different parts of the yard together. In this case, the video by Laura LeBoutillier of “Garden Answer,” a Youtube channel dedicated to DIY gardening, shows how a short brick path can connect the yard to an existing structure outside, such as a gazebo. It’s not just a matter of finding bricks, as the video shows. Brick pathways call for not just bricks, but also gravel, paver sand, permasand, edging, and anchoring spikes. In terms of tools, you’ll need shovels, rakes, brooms, and tampers. Tampers are long handles with a flat metal square on one end. They are used for exactly what they look like- tamping down dirt or sand until flat and compacted. The first thing to do is to dig out the area where any bricks will eventually be placed. While this video does not show it, it may be helpful to mark the exact path with stakes or string, or even spray paint. You want to be sure to dig just enough that bricks will not be sticking out above the grass, which might Continued --
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