What things other than plants lurk in your garden? I think we should post photos of our non-plant residents.
Here's an old iron chair that I picked up at a flea market. Don't know where it's going to end up, or what finish it will get. The grass guy came today so I stuck it under this apple tree.
That photo of Sally in the tub definitely needs to be posted here!!
That's so pretty, Stormy! I love old ironwork. I don't have a lot of object photos but I do have a shot of my new apple birdhouse I put up last week.
Fountain from last year - works as trellis this year...
Blue turtle followed me home...
And doves...
Oh, I forgot my chickens.
Shoot, try again
Chicken planter
Hart, nice birdhouse. But how many woodpeckers have been at that tree?????? I'm surprised it's still standing.
Bec, I love your multitasking fountain. And turtles and doves just seem to go together!!
Hart, your chickens are great!! Where's the guineas????
Heres my brand new Japanese Maple seedling bought for a quarter at another flea market. The bee planter was a buck at a local thrift shop.
My poor sunbleached frog, just hanging out. In my garden, whenever something dies, plop goes some object to cover the bare spot. My "thingies" change location quite frequently!!
That tree was like that 13 years ago when I bought this house and is still going strong. It's a very old crabapple, not an ornamental one but apparently native to this area. It's much bigger than the fancy crabapple trees.
I've never seen a guinea statue or planter. LOL I got those concrete chickens at Harpers, the place in Harrisonburg we keep telling you all about. The planter came from Kim's Greenhouse down the same way.
I love your bee planter.
I have a set of see, speak, hear no evil frogs I got several years ago. They've gotten really bleached out too, were originally green. I keep meaning to repaint them. I have a frog birdhouse too but that one has kept its color. I'll have to take a picture of him. I was at Walmart yesterday and they had a humongous frog statue and a turtle too, Bec. They were some kind of resin or plastic but looked just like stone. They were $40 though. :>(
BTW, I love that blue turtle.
There are all sorts of frogs lurking in my garden.
This one often gets flipped over by a marauding hose.
Every time I put bird seed in this some squirrel knocks it over.
This poor guy used to be a rain guage. Then a tree limb fell on it.
None of my frogs can compare with Holly's Tree frogs. I want a pair of those!!!!
I have that second frog. He's a spitter for my pond. I found replacement glass gauges for rain gauges somewhere. Where was it? I'll have to remember where that was. They weren't expensive.
Gosh, Hart. You are just "the source" for all kinds of things!
I forgot my other gardening pals...Guttorm the garden gnome
Guard sheep...
hubby's favorite bird
Guard sheep again - I have another turtle and some frogs I need to get shots of as well
I like that sheep, Bec.
I wish I could remember where I found those replacement tubes. I think they were only about a dollar or two but that was several years ago.
This place has them the cheapest I could find online.
http://www.outdoordecor.com/Replacement-Rain-Gauge-Tube--Glass_p_29149.html
Hey Bec, check out this plant stand I found while looking for the rain gauge tubes. Was $79 on sale for $29
http://www.improvementscatalog.com/product/metal-column-plant-stand.do?cm_re=HomeGlenWillow-_-Temp5Cell5-_-DOD
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Love the stand - already sold out! :-)
I love those guard sheep Bec!
Hart, Thanks for the link. Have to figure out how to get the broken glass out of the frog.
I've never had any gnomes, but I do have some weird looking mushroom head guys.
Here's another one. They were gifts from my nephews!
Somewhere lurks another one of those guys, but guess I missed him. They tend to get turned over in high winds. Big heads are top heavy!!
Goodness! almost forgot another frog, a birthday gift from my youngest nephew. I fell over him, sorry her, in the garage everyday for 5 months. LOL
I'm objet-challenged but enjoying these pictures!
I keep meaning to refurbish this old fixture, but have no experience with that. I think I can get the plastic windows out by unscrewing at the corners, Then I could spray with metallic bronze and get a new chain. Then, um, just hang it? Make a little platform in it for a candle? For all those mights I wander dreamily in the garden LOL? Or maybe a small pot of sedum would hang in it and tolerate the quick drying-it could only be about a 3-4 inch pot. Or make it a small bird feeder.
I think it would make a great outdoor candle lantern for those windy evenings. It doesn't look too bad to me. Why not try a candle in it tonight. It might not need a facelift. Candle light makes everything look better!
Stormyla, Have you thought about planting your chair. There is a thread over on Garden Art all about it. They are pretty creative.
Hart love that apple, I could use some new birdhouses. Those chicks are adorable, too.
Bec, That guard sheep is "very" nice. I have guard sheep envy. LOL
I have a lot of little things tucked away in my garden, some I made some are gifts, and others just drug home.
Here is my fat little blue bird of happiness.
I bought one for my Mom and liked it so much I went and bought one for my self.
Cute lantern Sally, You could do a lot with that.
What every Northern Yard needs. A Pink Flamingo. LOL
Gift from Jamie and DIL.
I have 3 of these each a bit different made by a friend of mine.
Wow, Holly! I love that bluebirdie. No, that chair is too nice. But I did see that thread and have been looking for a buy on a nice assortment of hens & chicks to try it on these two. Got them at a garage sale for $3. I do have the seats and backs, but need to read more on how they actually do it.
Somewhere down the line I will probably do a little decorative painting on them but I thought I would wait a little and see if any moss would grow on them first.
Son Jamie calls the 3 of these my Phallic symbols. LOL
I like to add chunks of odd wood to my beds. Here is an old stump sitting out in the wall bed.
I liked the way this curved branch seemed to be just about right for this small curved bed.
And this very large piece of driftwood. We were down in the Outer Banks, N.C. on vacation. Ric and the boys were out in his boat a day or two after hurricane Dennis. They didn't come home with any fish but they came home with a boat load of drift wood. This was the largest piece but some of the others were pretty big, too. This one was so large, waterlogged and heavy that they couldn't get it in the boat so they tied it to the boat and towed it in to the dock.
