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Designing a Small Border—Part One: Establishing a Backbone

Designing a Small Border. Part One: Establishing a Backbone.
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    Every bed needs a backbone to anchor the entire planting. It’s monumentally easier to create a backbone first than to go back and add it when the bed is already full of plants.

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      LauraWilliams 01/15/2019

      Thanks sir!!

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      DeweyMessier 01/16/2019

      Lovely!

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      BenjaminShaw 01/17/2019

      So pretty!

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      DanielTaylorr 02/02/2019

      Good information!

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      RonaldTague 07/06/2019

      amazing

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      AshlieDPerron 10/25/2019

      Thanks for the sharing video!

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      AshlieDPerron 11/06/2019

      It's great!

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      AnnaMartinez 11/19/2019

      Thanks for this information!

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      GeorgeMendoza 11/22/2019

      It's really informative! Thanks for this video!

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      DianeScheiber 12/13/2019

      It's very useful!

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      PaulKinney 01/07/2020

      Thanks for sharing the amazing video...

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      Dean_Sellers 01/09/2020

      It's really good advice to follow... Thanks

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      HermanDean 01/21/2020

      I like the design. Thanks!

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      SarahCullen 01/24/2020

      Thanks for sharing this information!

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