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Featured Video – Building a cinder block square foot garden

May 21, 2019May 3, 2019Maryland Grows1 Comment

This video from NC State Extension outlines a great square-foot garden build created with cinder blocks.  Use the holes in the blocks to plant ornamentals and other plants that will attract pollinators to your food crop.

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