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Ornamental paving slabs

Step 3Covering the leaf

Covering the leaf
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At this step, it's fairly self explanatory, you're just smothering the leaf with concrete.  Depending on the use, you may need to make this quite thick (about 3-4") and for extra rigidity add chicken wire reinforcement (will need to be cut to same size as the leaf).  The concreted leaf here is about 2" thick.

Concrete needs to applied upto the edges - you don't need to go over the edges however.  The stem doesn't need to be covered either - as you can see in the later pictures, the stem is still exposed.

*The excess stem of rhubarb makes excellent crumble and feeds your minions.

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Hi, I'm Tim. I work on the railways during the day, run a scout troop and have a blog (see above website link) where I discuss my allotment and projects!