I like that idea of the layout you suggest, Bill, as well as what some others here have mentioned, such as cedars, etc. Makes sense and simple to do: I have lots of trees/logs/etc. available in my wooded acreage. Plenty of cedars! Ready supply of pallets at my local Ace Hardware. Question: someone I know with lots of construction experience cautioned me on using "too much" concrete....says chemical composition varies, and it's good to know what I'm using; that you can determine this by checking online. That would be easy for the ones I got from Ace: damaged in some way so they can't sell; they're happy to donate them to me. But I've got a bunch of grabbed from a construction of some kind and I don't know anything about their origin/composition. Any thoughts?

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