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Pre Swale/ EarthWorks
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Swale Earthworks. This swale isn't the best, but it's still kool!
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Diggin Swales
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Diggin Swales
 
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Swale on contour and it's full of water!
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Swale on Contour
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Brandon enjoying the neat-o swale
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Swale Retaining Water!
 
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WATER-Filled Swales!!!
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Dude, it's so long!
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Growies and Duckies!
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Yay! Duckies!!!
 
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Brandon planting the swale
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Growies!
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Blueberry
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Leafy Greens
 
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Swale Stuff
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Stuff!
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Check out the Mulch in the back!!!!
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Other Swale with Ducks!
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Too Kool!
 
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Swales!
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Bottoms Up!
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Ducks munchin around the swale
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Brandon in the watching the rain fill the swales
 
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Muscovy Swale Adventures!
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I just looked at the pictures Brandon posted and realized that I re-posted some. Sorry for the dupes! I'll try to be more cautious in the future!
 
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Our junk pole area is growing!!!
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Look at it Vining!!!
 
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Mexican Sour Gherkins! Wooooo!!! They're minier than minis! The teen one is nearly mature too. NOMNOMNOM!
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Baby Cuke!
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Toddler Cuke!
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Teen Cuke!
 
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Plants in the Junk Pole Bed
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Bean!
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Another Bean!
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Tulip!
 
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More plants in the Junk Pole Bed
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Tulip and Pansies
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Tulip
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Bean and Pansie
 
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There were over 100 wormies! Needless to say, the Ducks were full of green juice! YUMMEH!
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Infestation!
 
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This is one of our beds by the road in the front yard.
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Rear
 
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Nikki Thompson wrote:This is one of our beds by the road in the front yard.



HAHA sheet mulching. Haha, we used a sheet! Haha!
 
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Pink Glad by the road
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Glad by the road
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She's peeking out
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Tiny bit more
 
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Look at how they curve
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Check out the definition
 
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More plants by the road
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Dianthus
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Azalea
 
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Azaleas by the road
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Azalea with Bee
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Azaleas!!!!
 
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Clearing for a bed
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Bed with mini swale
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Beans!
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Garlic
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Hibiscus
 
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More plants same bed
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Leafy Green
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Blueberry
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Beans!
 
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Covering the bed!
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Look at everything! How nice!
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Big and Little Hugel Progress
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Little Hugel Progress
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Ducks Enjoying Progress
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Ducks Enjoying Progress
 
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Much Progress!
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Ducks Lovin it!
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Funky Fruit!
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Front Yard
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Lantana
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So neat!
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Strawberry
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Lantana and Butterfly
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More neat stuff
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Wildflower and Bee
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Shrooms!
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One big tree DOWN!
 
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More stuff
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Watermelon
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Next to my shoe!
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Lonesome and pretty
 
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Nature is so kool!
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Greens as tall as Brandons knees
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Oh it's so pretty!
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Darn bugs eating my dianthus leaves
 
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The green plant soars!
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It grows
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Bolt!
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Holy Snikies!
 
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Love it!
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So pretty!
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Nieces!
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Can you spot the bee?
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Pretty
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More flowers
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And more!
 
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Yummy!!!
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More strawberries
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Watermelon hiding under the hibiscus
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Watermelon!
 
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So neat!
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Hibiscus
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Cuke Vine
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Look how tall it is now!
 
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