The trick nobody writes about is the mold — simple rectangular wooden boxes with no bottom let the slab slide out cleanly once the concrete cures overnight. Mix a bag of quick-set cement in a bucket, pour into each mold on the lawn, screed flat with a trowel, and leave them until morning. The slabs come out rough-edged and slightly imperfect, which is the whole point; machine-cut store-bought pavers never match a house wall like handmade ones do. A shallow trench along the side of the house took the pavers, fine grey gravel filled the quarter-inch gaps between slabs, and creeping thyme planted along both edges spread tiny purple flowers onto the path by the second summer. Ten dollars, one weekend of casting, and the only real cost is waiting for the thyme to fill in.
Made with the assistance of VEO AI
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I used to do like that, now I just pore them in place right away….
Very nice!
Looked nice and clean……then the weed like flowers grew in.
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