At home: 'Grubby little backyard' gets set for huge transformation | Page 869 | Unpublished
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Author: Paul Welch
Publication Date: February 26, 2026 - 09:03

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At home: 'Grubby little backyard' gets set for huge transformation

February 26, 2026
There’s nothing like an epic winter to make you crave a spring project, and right now, my ambitions are keeping pace with the snowfall. I don’t just want to trade in my shovel for a garden hoe. I want to transform my backyard, provided that said “transformations” happen on a shoestring.  At present, my small […]


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