Comments on: Help, I need a good idea on using broken tiles in a flower garden?

By: stone

stone — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:54:35 +0000

place in dirt like a moasic thing!

By: Tubong Mangyan

Tubong Mangyan — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:49:07 +0000

If you are creative enough, you can use this broken tiles into beautiful border for you flower beds. I did it on my pathway like a border line arranging them in dirt instead of applying cement.They looked decorative enough that add beauty to my garden.

By: Mika_Lover

Mika_Lover — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:49:07 +0000

place in dirt like a moasic thing!

By: Vernal H

Vernal H — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:49:07 +0000

if ceramic bad idea broken tile has razor sharp edges bad for bare feet or a dog doing some digging. if plastic go for it nothing ventured nothing gained.

By: Zach

Zach — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:49:07 +0000

I used sand and leveled it out then pressed the pieces into the sand. Then i filled the spaces between the tiles with small pebbles. It looks very nice. The only disadvantage is when a pebble makes its way on to the top of a tile and you step on the tile barefoot it hurts bad.

By: MASTERGARDNER

MASTERGARDNER — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:49:07 +0000

I think you want to make stepping stones or perhaps a large ball of concrete covered with your floor tiles. Don’t laugh, I covered a large hunk of concrete wall with mortar and small stones; it now decorates my flower bed beautifully. You can pour a concrete(sand mix) into just about any kind of shape – use a container lined with saran wrap or plastic to allow the concrete not to adhere permanently to the container. I once used a garbage can lid – 3 feet wide – lined it with wrap, poured in sand mix concrete (mixed with water), pushed a plastic bowl into the center of it, weighted it down with a rock till it set, placed broken tile into the still wet concrete on the edge. When it set up later the next day, I removed the plastic bowl and lifted the new bird bath out of its garbage can lid. It cost me next to nothing and the birds still enjoy it. Concrete mix is cheap – it is versatile and you can be so creative with it. You can even color it when you first mix it with water. You go girl – the sky is the limit.

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:49:07 +0000

For a tile mosaic, you need to dig, put up a border, layer of stone – tamp, layer of sand – tamp, lay your tile, sweep sand over to fill the in-between space, wet and repeat the sand sweeping until the pieces are set. Labor intensive but not very expensive. Good luck.