Back yard brick sidewalk done

18 years ago

Hi, The brick sidewalk is completed from the driveway in the front yard to the back patio. The center holes will be filled with soil and planted for now. Later, we may cement them in with little mosaics or something interesting. With more than 300 holes, it will all take some time. We'll build a long shed against the fence where you see the stepping stones. With a little luck, a lot of my crap will fit in it. Next project is to build a couple of planters in the back yard, either from brick or the broken cement from the pool decking. It's great to be a former pool owner!

Hi June, We had a couple small sink holes, but nothing serious. The contractor will take care of them as soon as I let him know. He's an excellent contractor who loves happy customers. He's doing a pool demo nearby in January, so he can take care of it when his equipment is handy. We won't get to that area before then.

I did use some of the fence boards for the bird house roof, and hope to get back on the fence soon. I was a few boards short for the fence, because I ruined the last 15 by patching them with stuff that can't be painted, duh!. The HD on Arrow and Azusa closed and reopened nearby. They sold everything in the old store rather than moving it. I bought 60 running feet of fence, including the 2x4s for $75. Now there are plenty. Linda

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princess_mimi
18 years ago
Wow! that walk looks great! You sure have gotten a lot done. Glad to hear that your pool area is settling well even if it has a few sink holes. Have you thought about what you'll plant in the sidewalk holes? I have spaces between the broken granite slabs I made my patio out of. I'm thinking of mother of thyme or some such that will smell lovely when stepped on. Here in Ohio I'll have to wait until spring to plant tho...not like you in sunny California!

Keep on posting pics. You know we love 'em!

~~Mimi
countrygrl
18 years ago
Wow Linda! That looks awesome!! I love seeing stuff like this, because we can't do anything like that for many, many months, and it inspires me for future projects. You did an incredible job!!
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susiesunshine
18 years ago
Double Ditto from me tooooo Ms Linda:
Looks Great!!!! I'm glad you have the good weather....
Country grl and I are up to our ears in SNOW and ice...
But guess we are tough and we can take it.... We do enjoy looking at your pictures !!!! Have Fun ...keep up the great work!!!
Hope you had a Merry + CHRIST MAS !!!
and
Wishing you
A VERY H A P P Y NEW YEAR 2008 !!!!!
Susiesunshine
lindasewandsew
Original Author
18 years ago
Hi, Thanks, I like Dymondia, but may have to go with the thyme. In the summer, the sun will probably cook the plants between the bricks. There's very little to water in my yard. We have a small section of baby tears and shade plants, and in another area there are 4 dwarf citrus trees, planted in a row. The rest of the yard is California Natives, succulents and drought tolerant plants. Any plant that depends on me for water must have a death wish, lol.

We didn't lay these bricks ourselves. We bought the bricks, hauled them home, figured out the pattern we wanted, but had a guy lay them for us. DH, my friend Edna, and I played laborers and fetched all the stuff for him, rocks, sand, sorted the brick colors, etc. He does such a nice job, we couldn't have done it as well or as quickly ourselves. The back yard is dirt and sand after the pool demo and we need a solid walkway from the back to the front before it rains in the spring. It actually does rain here every year, from a little to a lot.

Mimi, What happens to the thyme when it snows? Do they die or come back out in the spring? Just wondering, since we're snow impaired here in So Cal. Linda
jeannespines
18 years ago
Totally awesome! Sounds like you did LOTS of the labor, anyway!!! Keep up the good work! And "thyme" does come back in the spring here in Iowa...it's covered with ice and snow right now! Have fun! Jeanne S.
cait1
18 years ago
EXCELLENT paving work!!! And I know what you mean about things taking time HA I love the idea of filling some of the holes with some kind of mosaic work. Why don't you use mondo grass in the holes? That stuff is very tough, can be walked on and will survive frosts and probably a bit of snow, too, since it comes from Japan and it does snow there. There's even black mondo grass which is pretty cool looking though grows taller than the little stuff. And mondo grass spreads so you don't have to buy tons right away. You can divide a few containers of it and spread the love that way.
Cait
use2bcapecodr
18 years ago
Very nice!

I move a lot of bricks around and know what a lot of work it is. You done good!!

~Sandy~