If you have a sloping wet areas on your homestead you may want to build a boardwalk and save the expense of concrete or stone walkways. These look really beautiful and cost far less that others to build. A boardwalk requires less digging and less labor as well as less expense. Family Handyman shows you how to build your own boardwalk from start to finish. If you built a patio to one side to match you could really have a great boarded area in your back yard.
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