Tag Archives: bird bath
How to convert a toilet into a garden fountain?
Yeah it is a total redneck thing but I still want to use it for a bird bath. I know that I could seal off and isolate the bowl and just use that part for the fountain, but I would really like to utilize all of the toilet. Water in the tank, flowing through the … Continue reading
how do you keep your bird bath clean but still make it usable for all animals?
our bird bath at home gets really dirty and leaves get into it and then in the summer, the mosquitoes lay their eggs and yada yada yada but how do you keep it clean without putting NASTY chemicles in it. i sure wouldnt want to kill the animals/birds please help!?
Garden focal points?
Besides a fountain, bird bath, or statue, are there any other garden focal points I should consider? I’m new to gardening. Right now my backyard has a strip of pachysandra, some hostas in permanent shade, and a small bed of annuals next to the garage. I’d like to have some object as a focal point … Continue reading
How do you keep bumble bees away from your bird bath ?
I refill our ceramic bird bath every morning. There is about 6 bumble bees on the rim.It makes me nervous when I fill the bowl.
Concrete bird bath. Can I use these to prime and paint it?
It used to be a bird bath but now I just want to paint it. Make it into decorative yard art. I don’t have anything specific for use on concrete but I’m wondering if I can use regular household primer. I have various acrylic paints and one white latex paint primer. Do you think these … Continue reading
how can you make a plaster statue last outdoors?
I have a plaster bird bath that I would like to place outside in the garden. I am told it will ‘melt’. What can I do to stop that process?
I've seen a "recipe" to make a bird bath out of cement and a large elephant ear. Need kind of cement,etc thanx
pile sand in a heap, place elephant ear leaf "face" down, pour cement on top, set, flip, pull off leaf. Voila!–shallow bird bath that looks like an elephant ear leaf. can also us other large leaves, but the one I saw was grand.
Converting a Satellite dish into a bird bath?
I found this old sat dish in the dumpster last week (a really BIG one, like four feet across) and I thought I could convert it into a bird bath. I have an old beer keg that I could just set the dish on then fill it with water. Do you think the neighbors would … Continue reading
what color do I paint the bottom of a bird bath?
I have an old cement bird bath and would like to know what colors to paint it to attract the birds
How do you make a bird bath with glass or broken plate pieces embedded into it?
I saw a bird bath that was really pretty, it had broken pieces of plate embedded throughout it (different colors and small pieces). I think its a really neat idea, can anyone tell me how to go about making one? Thanks!!!