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Build Your Own Backyard Fire Pit

Step 4Create a Level Trench for the Blocks

Create a Level Trench for the Blocks
Using a spade, dig a straight-sided trench, 12 inches deep and as wide as one block, within the circle marked out on the ground. Then dig down 6 inches in the area encircled by the trench.

MORE: Dig  a Flat-Bottomed Hole

Lay the ring of blocks in the trench to see if all the pieces fit in a circle. If not, dig more to widen the trench. Remove blocks.

MORE: Digging Do's and Dont's
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