Comments on: Dig This

By: Tommy

Tommy — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:20:27 +0000

My mom has the same type of path at her house and she planted Thyme in the cracks. Its AMAZING and it smells lovely too. Thyme is very hardy (much more so than grass, really) and can take being walked on and getting heated and cooled by the proximity of the non-heat-conductive stone. It takes a while to get established but after a while (about a summer and a half in our case) it fills in the cracks much better than grass ever did.

By: Gràcia

Gràcia — Fri, 30 May 2008 10:25:30 +0000

Wouldn’t moss be too slippery? I love the idea of grass, in a few months that walkway will look like it’s always been there.
You did a wonderful job!

By: snail

snail — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:40:34 +0000

looks good, Moss would look good too. We have something similar at our house but it was done all wrong. It dosnen’t help that my mother-in-law drove her gigantic truck over it either.
I hope ours looks like that one day. Maybe we can redux it with your helpful tips.

By: EastEnd

EastEnd — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:32:47 +0000

It looks great! Love the idea of thyme between the slate. Though it might make for a problem shoveling snow in the winter. Assuming of course that we will eventually get a decent snowfall here in Richmond!

By: MaryB in Richmond

MaryB in Richmond — Thu, 29 May 2008 21:24:26 +0000

Oh, I totally get it. Wow — what an amazing difference it makes!

By: John

John — Thu, 29 May 2008 21:10:06 +0000

Thank you all for appreciating the fruits of our labor. We plan to keep the grass short (and rake free, Lisa) to minimize any potential tripping hazard. But once it’s all grown in you guys are welcome to come over and test it out.

Kelli, I like your thyme idea. There’s something in our backyard that always smells good when I mow. Maybe that’s what it is… you may have solved my mystery.

And Beth, we love stalkers. Wait, revise that, we love blog-stalkers. The kind that peep in windows not so much.

-John

By: Beth

Beth — Thu, 29 May 2008 19:51:47 +0000

Adorable. Sorry I stalk your blog… I just can’t help myself. ;) You guys really did a fantastic job on the walkway!

By: Liv

Liv — Thu, 29 May 2008 19:42:44 +0000

Beautiful!!

Very inspiring. I try to use your house as motivation for my own. Anyone can tackle home repair… right?

Ha, some days it doesn’t feel like I’m cut out for it, even though I love to see progress. I can thank my husband for that!!

By: Kelli

Kelli — Thu, 29 May 2008 18:52:14 +0000

Oooh, that will look so good once the grass grows in! It’ll be a quaint little entrance to your lovely home. I’ve also loved the idea of lining them with thyme so it smells good when people walk on it.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 29 May 2008 18:41:14 +0000

The path looks really great, and it’ll probably look freaking adorable once it’s got some grass growing between those stones.

I don’t think it’ll make a tripping hazard, especially if the grass is kept short. I mean, I don’t trip while walking in my grass covered yard unless there’s a rake or something I failed to notice.