Hi Joy! Your yard sounds beautiful with a little knoll and and the wooded area. This is an interesting question, I'm not sure if I understand how you want to do this if you still want to be able to mow the grass. We built a stone staircase leading out of one of the gardens as shown below; but this is obviously not able to be mowed, lol. Do you want the flagstone to be buried in the ground at the same angle as the hill for mowing purposes? Let me know, I'm intrigued and there must be a solution for this; there are many experts on this site who can give great advice! Karen
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Karen that stone work is just BEE-U-TEE-FULL!

I'm a little more limited with money and mobility so I wouldn't be able to do anything like that. I'm thinking of about 5 steps (flagstones) that are spaced up my little hill (er, incline) just to make the 7 foot ascent more manageable. I was thinking if they were buried flat, there would be an area above each stone that would be exposed and might drain dirt on top of them but that's no biggie. I was also thinking if I got some that weren't too large the wheels of the lawnmower would simply pass over top each step without any troubles. I wish I could post a picture like you did but I'm not too puter savvy. I'll email you a picture of my back yard to give you an idea of what I'm talking about =). Thanks for replying.

Joy

Hi Joy! I'm looking forward to your email. ;-)