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Building a Gravel Drive and Planting Shrubs

Bob discusses the new gravel drive and shrub plantings with landscaper Susan Hoffer.
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Building a Gravel Drive and Planting Shrubs

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" That is the easiest way to read all your travel up."

" And I think and I love the color. -- stuff and it isn't this strange stone think that -- very close by. Isn't it sounded thought it could cut which allows us to keep the platform night and we doesn't doesn't because of the -- natural brown color."

" Kind of blending of death around them -- and it's really beautiful up against the house that talk a little bit about that the the choice of material here for example is this bush that you put it."

" This -- called the flowering almond and we place it here. You provide a nice hill for somebody tried in -- driveway. Everything -- about ten feet yet it's about and gave riot has tonight's oval shaped. And yes. -- preparing all here you see and a nice amber are in the hole is about twice the width of the -- long night and not some of them. Let's positioning of the higher than -- important. He wants it after it could be right on grade with the existing grade."

" Even with the existing -- yeah that's gonna be real pretty and what about these things over here."

" Virtually every white cascade is sailing all the hot."

" We put three together here and of produce a nice nest here they're going into into these holes engraved. Is -- a good idea to always plan. The reason why hasn't."

" Odd numbers right where we can. That -- the nice NASA plans -- yeah that's beautiful colors -- we have this beautiful."

" Clinton a final touches on the border here. We have his lettuce here or we can plants in between the spaces in the perennial."

" Gassing of perennials and some herbs in the ideas rather than put any kind of mulch down there just fill in the space on the face and edible goodies rang -- down and a good let's take a look at facade that's being installed."

" It probably want to billionaire's first thing is tied to -- residents. Plants and -- Like maybe an Andromeda arsenic on an -- have it. Only one doing here is plant something while not to light is not much space here if there's a tendency Italy's plants -- substance. Without knowing that they do get making -- mentally ill have to be moving. -- spending money."

" Death hey this is really instant gratification parliament."

" The beauty on the sidelines maybe more expensive but it says -- that instant. And -- landscape a hot looking at the way and that they're laying the panels and staggered fashion real important. To have these scenes. Thagard -- you want would be important thing is to have the joints. But very tight together why is that twelve. Together and eventually you'll have worn --"

" OK basically finishing get those routes -- down right yeah and it's important to keep the -- side. Line wondered sure -- up very quickly how well sir that is a mistake to leave the -- the rolled upside. On the edge overnight got to put it all down her house open it up right."

" Re convinced this is a lot of heat yes and Lincoln just overnight -- on the line and elusive."

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