I tried and tried to make the wishing well round, I could almost get an oval and have the bricks stack properly but ended up having to go with a square. The whole wishing well garden area is nothing like I first envisioned it last spring. It was going to be the center of a 12' circle and have flowers representing the birth month of our parents, kids and us. But as is the prerogative of the female of the species, I changed my mind. For now there is a large pot of rust colored Mums in there, next spring I will find some hanging plants in blue and white I think. And eventually Randy will be building a wishing well top for it too....I hope I may take a row or two of bricks off too, it might be too tall. The other side of the well will become a Canna bed in a few days when I start thinning out the herd up near the house. The black pot beside it holds a piece of the white rose bush out front.
A few bricks off might be better, because I think it looks like a chimney. Sorry. Your original idea sounds lovely, but I'm certain the result will be terrific. As to changing your mind, well... My husband claims that a woman may decide, redecide and change her mind until she's completely done with that. I've got a very patient husband.
Don't be sorry, a chimney is what I see when I look at it too, yep I will take off some of the bricks. I have quite a large area around where I was standing to take the picture where I can still make a birth month garden, which I really want.....so does this mean I have changed my mind again?
I change my mind all the time about what I want to do with the garden Toni!! It keeps Ian on his toes and stops the two of us getting bored. I think your wishing well will look great once the height is reduced and you have a roof on it. :-D Will you hang a bucket from it and, if so, what ideas have you for planting it up?
make up our mind????????? That is a swell well. I outta do one.. Out of stone.. i live in stoneland. They can be free.
I think it looks just dandy Toni. A circle of stone would not be easy at all to create so I wouldn't feel bad about not achieving it (I'm guessing you are not bothered though ) One question: have you made any wishes yet?
I think your well looks great Toni. I can hardly wait to see a pic of it complete. It will be very nice!
That will look great. I always wondered how they did the circular thing with bricks. I am looking forward to completed pictures.
Do you have to buy special bricks to make a circle? I think I saw some like that but I'm not sure what store it was. I think it would be hard to do though. Square ones look just fine and I like yours. I think shorter though, too. I've wanted to build a wooden one but never did. You have such a lot of ambition. dooley
Thanks y'all. When Randy gets the top made for it I have a small wooden bucket to hang from it. I have a bundle of twigs that I am going to use to cover the roof. I did lower the height by two rows of bricks. I also want to build some sort of small seat on the facing side using the rest of the bricks, I already have a board the right size.
I think I've seen bricks that would be right for making a circle (the houses around here had rounded bay windows and use that) but I have no clue where to find them! It looks great though. Post a picture of the final project!
You can make them a circle if you really want one. You mix up some mortar mix nice and thick and butter the side of the brick where the gap is from making them a circle. At some point you will need some brick halves or pieces as a whole one will be too big. The mortar gives it a nice finished look.
Landscape stones/bricks will work great for circles. You will not see gap outside because the stone is shorter inside. If the size of the circle does not matter, you can make the circle into the right size to fit the shape of the stone. Otherwise, as Bethie suggested, you can fill the gap with mortar. However, if you are in cold regoin (fronzen ground in winter), you'll need foundation otherwise mortar will crack and stones will not stick together. Landscape glue is better than mortar if you can stack stones/bricks without obvious gap. To achieve this, either adjust the circle size or you have to cut the stone (only the top layer or caps need to be cut).
