The latest in my video series about a 42×80-foot Calhoun fabric shelter I’m putting up. This video covers one of the biggest parts of the job, pouring 13 cubic metres of concrete into forms for the foundation.
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Steve Maxwell gets methodical about the whole lawn care process in this blog on “lawn fertilizer”. It’s about lawn care beyond mowing and whipper snipping.
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