A few weeks ago, Seth and I got to work building a fire pit in our backyard. Here is our story. We scouted out the ideal location in our yard. Seth then trimmed some branches from a nearby tree that were overhanging the fire pit area. Safety first, people. Plan A was to follow this tutorial and utilize the bowl from our existing fire pit. But we soon realized that it was a bit too small. Onto Plan B: no bowl in the fire pit. After laying out a circle of 13 retaining wall blocks, we used a…