To do this, the couple replaced an existing white picket fence with a wood plank wall overhung with trees and plantings.

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They would split the fish, secure it skin-side down to a wood plank and place the plank vertically, facing the fire but outside the fire ring, to slowly cook.

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They have seasonal access to wild-caught (better than farmed) King salmon (larger and more desirable than sockeye) from the Columbia River (one of the greatest salmon locales), and the piece I had, cooked on an alder wood plank, was THE best salmon I have ever tasted.

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On the second floor, the living room has white walls, vaulted ceilings with blonde wood support beams, wide-plank, dark wood floors and a second entryway.

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You can make your own plank with wood from a lumberyard, but it must be untreated wood.

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He took away a plank of wood which was screwed onto the wall "and low and behold I could see the same thing again, " he said.

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Think about a tectonic plate like a plank of wood.

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