Tom, Let me assure you that I didn't intend to make the house wall part of the planter, but rather build a completely, four-sided brick planter. I do like the idea of having a narrow stone path between the house and planter.
Thanks to all of you for your input, some things came up I hadn't thought about at all. ---- Holland's Person, Bill - "Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint." - US Humorist, Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]