An in-ground fire pit is going to be perfect for me. I have some flower beds that are a short distance from my porch that will be perfect. Especially since I can't seem to get flowers to grow in these beds. So one of them will become my fire pit. Another reason that the location is perfect is that I have been using a portable fire pit to help with frost and freeze on the porch plants. They need all the help they can get and by lighting a fire about 4 a.m., there is a bit of relief from the really chilly mornings.
Here is what I have to work with. Please excuse the monsoon weeds that are taking over. There are a couple of possibilities and the best one will be the one I can not use. The round planter would be the easiest shape to convert to a fire pit, but
I have been growing, diligently attempting to grow trees for shade, and some of these trees are right over the round planter. I just can't justify ruining my trees for the sake of the fire pit. So - I can make an odd shaped pit, which I am fine with but it isn't very big.
Another possibility is to knock out the concrete between the two planters and make it one big opening and reshape to the size I would like. Sounds like a lot of work but may be worth it. I will be asking anyone who will listen, just what my problem is and see what they think is best.
What I hope my fire pit looks like when I am done -
Pretty neat, right?
As always, I will up date you on my progress as I move along on this project.
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