I would forget the bricks and just move in some pots of plants to put in the front of the pile. You will be glad you kept the pile when it has all rotted down.
Ended up going 4 bricks high. Thanks hogweed ? I know you're an ace DIY'er and trust your advice. Plenty of air gaps from the broken bricks with missing corners.
I've got six little aubretias that I grew from seed that I'm thinking of poking into a few holes at the front.
I've just drenched it and stopped for a cuppa and a sit down before stage 2. I'll cover the sods, not sure I have enough black plastic , find some compost to top it up with and think about what to plant in it . It's 3'10" x 4'6" so a little bit bigger than my initial guess.
Still got all my fingernails Dove ?..... although they are filthy
Would 2 grow bags laid side by side do the job of both compost and plastic? Punch holes in the bottom for drainage and fold the top plastic right back so you can't see it and you have a 5 or 6" compost to plant into. Great for some herbs or salad stuff or annuals.
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
It'll be great Kitty. Old bags will be ideal for the job....no tittering at the back....
You'll work it out as you go along. Strawberries would be good in it too. ANy little bits of saxifrage or similar would work in the gaps and holes too, along with your aubretia
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Ha, ha hogweed . I own all the power tools in our household. Hubby is a bit DIY shy when it comes to stuff like this. He's good with the electrics but I'm queen of the flat pack and drilling holes for shelves etc.
Back to the bricks, and it's filled to the top now and I've started planting. I'm putting in mostly annuals, hot colours, yellows/oranges with some blue/purple for contrast. I put a bit of red in as well (salvia blaze of fire & nasturtium empress of India) but I think I've changed my mind and will take them out. The bright red seems too strong, I might put some zingy cerise pink in instead. ???
UPDATE.... IT WORKED 👍 One year on from building the brick stack, and I've started pulling it down. Inside there's lots of lovely crumbly stuff, with no sign of leaves, roots or dandelion weeds 😊.
Wish I'd taken a photo of it full of flowers last summer though 😕.
Wow, I'm impressed! I'm going to be creating a new bed down one long side of my garden this autumn and we have a ton of surplus pavers lying around so I'll definitely be copying this idea. Last time I tried to make a turf stack the grass kept on growing so I ended up with a grassy hillock in the garden. Still not sure what I did wrong...
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I would forget the bricks and just move in some pots of plants to put in the front of the pile. You will be glad you kept the pile when it has all rotted down.
DONE ?
Ended up going 4 bricks high. Thanks hogweed ? I know you're an ace DIY'er and trust your advice. Plenty of air gaps from the broken bricks with missing corners.
I've got six little aubretias that I grew from seed that I'm thinking of poking into a few holes at the front.
I've just drenched it and stopped for a cuppa and a sit down before stage 2. I'll cover the sods, not sure I have enough black plastic
, find some compost to top it up with and think about what to plant in it 
. It's 3'10" x 4'6" so a little bit bigger than my initial guess.
Still got all my fingernails Dove ?..... although they are filthy
Really nice job Kitty
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Would 2 grow bags laid side by side do the job of both compost and plastic? Punch holes in the bottom for drainage and fold the top plastic right back so you can't see it and you have a 5 or 6" compost to plant into. Great for some herbs or salad stuff or annuals.
Fank ewe Topbird. I'm quite pleased with it now it's done ?.
Good idea about the grow bags ?, cheap as chips and I've a wilkos within walking distance. Time to go shopping ?.
It'll be great Kitty. Old bags will be ideal for the job....no tittering at the back....
You'll work it out as you go along. Strawberries would be good in it too. ANy little bits of saxifrage or similar would work in the gaps and holes too, along with your aubretia
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
It looks great
Good job! Welcome to the girly school of bricklaying!
Ha, ha hogweed
. I own all the power tools in our household. Hubby is a bit DIY shy when it comes to stuff like this. He's good with the electrics but I'm queen of the flat pack and drilling holes for shelves etc.
Back to the bricks, and it's filled to the top now and I've started planting. I'm putting in mostly annuals, hot colours, yellows/oranges with some blue/purple for contrast. I put a bit of red in as well (salvia blaze of fire & nasturtium empress of India) but I think I've changed my mind and will take them out. The bright red seems too strong, I might put some zingy cerise pink in instead. ???
One year on from building the brick stack, and I've started pulling it down.
Inside there's lots of lovely crumbly stuff, with no sign of leaves, roots or dandelion weeds 😊.
Wish I'd taken a photo of it full of flowers last summer though 😕.