How to Slate a Path

Slate is a beautiful and durable natural material. It can be used to make a path in your yard that complements and blends into your landscape. You can use the slate as stepping stones or group the slate closer together to create a wider path. It is not difficult to make a path using slate. Over time, grass will fill in around your slate path to create an attractive natural pathway. Slate comes in a variety of colors including blue, green, gray, purple and red.

Slate
Trowel
Shovel
Level
Mallet

Instructions

- 1
  Lay out the slate along the path that you desire to create. Take your time and position the slate in a manner that is aesthetically pleasing. Consider the distance between the pieces of slate as you lay them out and make sure that they are close enough together to comfortably walk from one to the next.
- 2
  Cut the soil around the perimeter of each slate using a trowel. Lift up each piece of slate and set it to one side of the cut-out perimeter.
- 3
  With a shovel, dig out the ground from within the cut-out perimeter to the depth of the thickness of each slate.
- 4
  Set each piece of slate back into its particular dug-out space.
- 5
  Place a level on each piece of slate and tap it with a mallet until it is level. You may have to lift the slate up and add or remove a small amount of soil to make the slate level.

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