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RunnerDuck Raised Bed Project

STEP 1
THE PLANNING STAGE

     The first step in any successful project is the planning stage. Decide what you want the area to look like. Imagine it in your mind, look at the area from different angels and imagine how everything will look. If it's just a flat piece of land think what it might look like with a hill and contours. Will it have a riverbed or a running river? How about a pond, paths, bridges, gardens, etc.? Let your mind go crazy until something feels right.
     Here is a little suggestion that won't make sense until later. If you have a grassy or weedy area that you are going to landscape let the grass and weeds grow. Don't mow or cut them for several weeks if you can. Start putting down all your ideas on paper. Use lots of paper and try lots of things. Sleep on it and keep going back to your plan to see if it still strikes you. While it doesn't have to be perfect from the start it's important to get the big pieces correct.
     After you have a pretty good idea of what it will look like down on paper take your plan into your yard and walk around once again looking at it from every angle. Start to measure things to get proportional ideas of how they will fit. Write down those measurements for future reference. Include any buildings, fences and unmovable objects.
     That should keep you busy for a while. Next we will turn our plan into a visualization.

STEP 2

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