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Winterizing Flowering Bushes: Winter Protection With a Shrub Shelter

By David Beaulieu, About.com

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Filling Your Forks With Crosspieces

Crosspiece pole being laid for shelter

Crosspiece pole being laid for shrub shelter.

David Beaulieu

Lay a 6' crosspiece into 2 of the forks (so as to span the distance between 2 of the vertical poles), first on one side, then on the other. The result will be 4 vertical poles supporting 2 crosspieces that parallel each other.

On Page 9 you'll see how to lay the remaining 5 crosspieces....

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