The idea here was to break up the dirt a bit after digging the grass out. But in the end, I changed my mind. I started filling the raised border with the old grass clumps at this time. Then using a 10lb stamper to compact it a bit. The bricks, which will be 3 high, will help pack it down too.


Test corners. There are different ways to do corners. You can 45' them like this so it takes 3 bricks to make a corner. But what I decided on in the end is to do make the base a 90' angle. This actually made the 2nd layer of bricks set up better. Unfortunately, my battery was dying and I forgot to take pics.


Continue on the right side of the screen and I actually leveled it all out and have the base layer on 1 side good to go! The extra bricks, I built up so it's 3 high. Part of it is experimental too to see how I like it.


I'll have more next week since I'm hitting my parents again this weekend. Thomas gets to go trick o treating down there!