Well...actually 950 is NOT a huge amount. Really can't say for sure how many we used, but if I remember correctly we originally bought several pallets, then went back numerous times for 300 at a time.... I'd say we have close to 1500+ brick in our gardens. But we did also edge the beds around the house also.(see below) We purchased the brick locally from a building that was torn down. It is a fairly soft brick. If you go back and look at the beginning, you will see that the brick did not look as aged as it does now, but yes they are not all whole, some have nicks and chips, etc. Over time they have aged more, especially as we have winter here. Therefore freeze/thraw cycles. Also moss has grown on them in the shaded areas. DH has talked about "cleaning" up the brick, replacing some and putting in new screenings between, But...I said no, that I liked the way it looked now, old. :-) Good luck on your search for brick! Please ask if you have any other questions. kathi, I will check my email. These are old pictures, mostly from 2004, but you can see how we edged around the entire house.(its all flower beds too)I have more recent photos, but the plants have grown a great deal since then and the brick are not as noticeable.

gillian, sorry I did not answer sooner. I went strawberry picking last night and did not get on the computer. Today is jam day! Yes, we did build the fence from scratch. No pattern. Just knew what I wanted to make it look like and DH built it. He did it in panels and then we set the panels into the posts. The "doorway" actually was kind of an accident. We didn't know what we wanted to use for a gate. After the fence was up and we were dicussing what kind of gate to build, we had the idea of a screen door. We actually have an old antique screen door waiting to go in there. The cheapie we bought from Menards is just about done for. It was made out of soft woods, and could not take the moisture.' The fence is 8 feet tall. We had to get a special variance from the city to build it that tall. Without a variance we could only go 6 feet. Which would have looked ridiculous with the tall houses. Hope the helps. Marylu

Thanks Caroline I brought my iPod over to the laptop so I can add some non-games that I use. Utilities Apzilla 2 has all sorts of different utilities, most of them are worthwhile. Some you might never use. Even though Apzilla has it I also have MyLite (a flashlight) and a Free Level program. (a level for hanging pictures straight)and Free Space, a program that tells you how much room is left on your iPod and battery info. Capacity is another program that does this. Free Wi-Fi tells you when you travel where there is free wi-fi you can log into. 5-0 Radio Pro is a fun Police and Fire scanner so you can listen for any calls that come out in your city or even places in your country. My hearing isn't the best and sometimes the talking isn't too clear for me but it is fun listening to the information. It can run in the background. Shopwise is a program that tells you certain deals. I have World Atlas and Google Earth. Book Crawler is a program that lets you keep track of all of your books. iPlant is a gardening book that is quite good. For notes I use Awesome Notes. MyStuff2 is a neat inventory program I haven't used yet. I use IOwn and Iconic Notes, but I don't think either of those are available now. Someday I will transfer everything over. Ian's Laces as Caroline mentioned is fun but there also is a program called Tie a Scarf for women' scarves. Holiday List is also a great Christmas gift planner. AppSniper and AppShopper are two programs I use occasionally. They tell you the new programs that are out. A lot of programs are free for a short time before they start to charge and these programs as well as others will let you know this. I have a lot of medical programs and photography programs as well but this thread is getting long.

Bumping to find Mary_lu.