Lay landscape fabric on top of the soil (for weed prevention) and cover the cloth with an even layer of sand. Mark the area, row by row, with stakes and strings to keep perimeters square. Doing so ...

Planning Your Brick Paver Garden Edge To start, grab some rope or string and a measuring tape. Lay the rope along the edge of your garden beds, making sure to bend it with the contours of the bed.

Install the edging: Place paver restraints or plastic edging to hold the paving stones in place. If you’ve built a paver walkway to your patio, this will need edging as well.

Cutting brick, even with a good cold chisel, is a mystery akin to what happened to the dinosaurs. But for the record, my new patio looks just great. Originally Published: June 2, 1988 at 4:00 AM EDT ...

Renew an old concrete patio with decorative brick or concrete pavers. No need to tear out an ugly slab—just hide it!