The goods…
Started with the previous post pic…. we wanted to keep the same shape because it seems to work with the setting and irrigation. I had to spend a little time de-weeding and tilling the soil so the weeds didn’t start to pop up in my perfect new planters… then I dug down around the peremeter about 6″ and laid some 1/4″ rebar… then poured a concrete footing to lock these things in place…. will be no uplift or seperation with these things!
Here are the bricks I bought… no they don’t match the house… the house is getting painted… 70′s looking brown is going bye bye….
Here is what the footing looked like after being poured…
If you noticed the teaser above… yes I already bricked one of them… yes I suck at taking pics during the process!
Here are better pics of the surround…
Then came the inner tiers… I was pretty much a pro brick layer by then.
poured footings for those as well… no sorry no pics… did leave a large open space in the center of the footing for the plants to drain out…
both done… and now I want to build a fire pit on my back patio!!! My wierd brain suggested to my wife to plum gas into these and have huge balls of fire coming from them at night… I was met with a familure face that made me feel like an idiot. It was just a joke!
PLANTS!
nice little change from the ugly bushes!!!!
this pic makes me very ready to start on the face lift for the outside… patience…. patience… much to do inside first……
Needless to say… we have the coolest planters on the block!
Will be posting inside pics shortly… been traveling quite a bit lately.
