Mature women. . .toppling over in their cages. . .

Whew! Let me fan myself! ;->

I was watching a gardening program on Saturday, and realized that there are some simple things to do that turn parts of the yard from merely functional to "features." In this case, I was watching that guy P. Something Allen (?) on "Garden Rooms" and he was talking about the elements he considers important. And I realized that by plopping my birdbath down near the young baldcypress last year may have served the birds, but wasn't very elegant. So I dug up a couple of square yards of turf, added some sand for leveling, and rounded up some bricks (there are lots leftover around the yard, very handy!) to make a little pedestal, then put the birdbath on it. It looks like a piece of art when I treat it like one. Amazing! It's a simple concrete birdbath with a wide, shallow bowl. The birds probably don't care about the angle, and it didn't move more than a couple of feet. But it looks a lot nicer. I dug a bed around it, added compost, etc., and steel edging then put some small evergreens (blue rug junipers) that I bought last spring and never got around to putting out front. Didn't cost a thing!
SRS