Simple Free Garden Path 

Those cuts were quality man, impressed with the accuracy!

Looks great! Love the natural feel to it.

Great job. I'm inspired, dad. 😃 We used motor oil for brushing our teeth, mouthwash, and as a hearty disinfectant for athlete's foot fungus.

I am all for using motor oil! Use it on the property all the time! I support your decision completely!!!

Never knew motor oil was the trick for wood slices! Thanks soooo much!!!!

Love the path! Looks great!

Looks really nice! Wish I'd done that 3 years ago when we took down two pines in our yard. Thanks for sharing. Mike

It's great to see you back in your garden. Awesome times!

I use old motor oil on my fence post and all wood that is in contact with the ground. I also like using used transmission oil it soaks in the wood better. Thanks for your time and taking us along on your new homestead.

Great idea! I'm sure I'll steal this idea in the future!

Great idea. It's a work of art.

Love the path! Wood is my go to, as well. I've been looking at 2x4 boardwalks, with used oil, that looks nice too.

Love this idea. Cant wait to try it. We have 6 acres and a wood chip walkway on the side of our house. I have to redo it every year and it is a pain in the rear. Many big downed trees to pick from at our place.

Like the use of wood for the walkway. Really nice looking

Really well done! I think it looks better than stepping pavers.

Really cool path there! Thanks for sharing :)

U have wonderful idea !looking great !👍

brilliant idea, we just picked up two loads of huge oak rounds that would make great stepping pads...

Great idea

Next week I expect a "10 ways you can RE-USE motor oil". I like your style man. :)

I did the same thing in Hawaii, where it is really wet and we kept slipping and falling on the wood...took it out for safety. Just be careful when it’s wet. Especially with the little ones

Love it!!!!

The kids and the dog are very entertaining.

that is a great idea! Thanks for sharing it.

What a great walk way

RU-vidr Sixtyfiveford used motor oil to treat his shed he built from free pallet wood.Looks great and was free.

I love the path. 😉

Great path. I was able to see you used linseed for the top but could you confirm what product you used on the underside of the wood slices please

thanks for sharing great video!

Been using used Diesel sump oil to paint my hardwood posts(often set in concrete), softwood beams and trusses under sheds in a effort to ward off white ants (termites) for years...seems to work so far. Preserves the lumber AND recycles rather than dump it into expensive industrial cleaning depots. Also stops weeds and ants along building lines when necessary.

Hey, nice idea. I thought of making something similar, but I'm afraid that whenever these wood steps get wet, they get real slippery...

Brillant!!!

Kinda cool. I like the idea. I admit, I did not even think about the motor oil issue but it may be because over the years I am sure I have ingested more from working with it that you ever could from it leaching into the garden soil. Looking forward to seeing the project at it pinnacle of production.

Used motor oil is how homemade pressure treating. It's probably safer too.

I like the motor oil idea!

If you have a critter chewing on your board fence, paint it with motor oil. - said every old timer everywhere

I just had a tree cut down, and the tree guy cut it up, to save me money having him haul it away...so now I got about 30 beautiful slices that I really want to make a path with...I think I might try the motor oil b/c the other stuff is really expensive...

How does it look like now? Please send an update. :) I am about to make one, but oils sadly dont last long, so i am looking for a cheap but reliable alternative, hard oils or boiled wax maybe. Dunno. Any tips?

You did well.

Good video. You did beg the haters to comment, i think you enjoyed that! I was going to put in some walkways with the molds from the big box stores with a mix of cement, sand, and re-purposed cat litter (minus the lumps). having 12 cats i'd like to do something constructive with it. I wonder what comments I would get on that?

Thanks for sharing! In the end did you edge the path with any specific?

Curious to get your thoughts on a similar project I'm doing. I'm building some "stepping stumps" for my kids ... various heights/sizes of tree stumps, some of which will need to be buried slightly to stabilize. I've been worrying about it rotting though. So lindseed oil around the parts of the stump that are buried/in contact with the soil should be okay?

Yum

You already know that you offended someone. Too bad people try and mind others business and can't control their own. Great video

Is that linseed oil you're painting on? I've paused numerous times so as to try to read your label...but it gets grainier the more I try....(maybe speak this part next time...?) Otherwise, congrats on a beautiful job.

My husband told me that his dad used motor oil on any dog that came around that had mange. Said it cured them. I would be afraid to try it but they said it worked.

I personally wouldn't use motor oil need where I was growing food. I also don't use tires to grow food in. But I understand your decision.

I thought you would have put the motor oil side down

might want to keep the mulch away from the house.. it attracts termites.

Hey! I thought this was a really good idea, I sent you guys a DM on Instagram about a TV show I'm helping cast that I think you would be interested in!

You need a horse tiller to do this

5:30 "Don't worry about what people think, they don't do it that often." 53117

You are not supposed to seal or stain bark it will make it fall off

Won't the oil poison your soil?

I enjoy your videos; they provide lots of inspiration and motivation. As I'm aware you put a lot of stock into Christianity, I'll go easy. But...1. "easy" relative to what? Aren't you only one 5x7 cell and bad food away from hard as f*** prison labor?(rhetorical questions) 2. "Free"?? Eh, not so much. How much do the following items cost: chainsaw? Blade sharpener? Fuel/oil/personal protection? Wood chipper and/or wood chips? Motor oil? Two cans Boiled Linseed Oil? Brush? Line? *Okay, I get it. I'm assuming that you're assuming we, your viewership, have all the tools and resources on-hand and readily available. Even so, unless your homested is snack dab in the middle of the Sahara or Death Valley, any accumulation of H2O - be it dew or persistent rain - you'll have better traction/footing on polished ice. Considering you have little minions running around with little legs and the spacing of some of your slabs being what they are... (I did the exact thing as you but with only one transition piece from maple and both myself and my girlfriend can attest, through really sore asses and elbows, that this material/method will make any OSHA employee cringe). Rant done. Just be careful, but DEFINITELY keep doing what you're doing. Great stuff, brother.

While I like the idea, I would hardly call it simple or free.

Can't believe your going to grow food nearby where you have a know carcinogen that will leach. Just cause they did it in the old days isn't an arguement. I suppose you think smoking is good for you too?