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    Quick and easy project: Drip area

    Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

    Our dogs had been making a mess of the backyard where a leaky faucet and air conditioning condensation run off had been leaving puddles of water. We’ve tried a plastic run off slab, but that was quickly destroyed by the dogs.

    Today at Lowe’s, I decided that I was going to make a nice river pebble drip area, bordered by bricks. So I spent about $20 on the bricks and bags of pebbles and started work.

    I began by tearing the remaining grass out of the area. I used a tape measure and shovel to mark out the area and I centered it on my faucet. (That wire running down is a ground for our satellite TV.)

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