Jennifer Lowery wrote:Should I just cut it all the way down so I don't see reminder of it, or would it somehow honor the tree making it a bird bath pedestal?
"The garden teaches us there is something we are all capable of doing. Only with something so small that can be in everyone's hand can we challenge the empire."
~Vandana Shiva
Some places need to be wild
Hella Clay
An indoor gardener expanding into the outdoors, with significantly less chemicals this time around.
Jennifer Lowery wrote:Here's the bird bath so far. A 24" plastic pot tray with a bunch of flat rocks in it on slopes so the birds can walk down to the current water level -- I like to dump the bath and fill it with fresh water each day.
It pleased me today to see lots of birds using it. I saw three in it this evening, a couple of them flapping their wings happily in the water causing the water to splash everywhere. I never had a bird bath before, but I can see how this can be great therapy. My property is surrounded by 6 neighors all with trees in their backyard, so I still feel like I am in a forest, despite not having a single tree in my back yard now. I hear all the bird activity in the trees now I wasn't hearing before. Seems like the bird bath is becoming popular. Yeah great therapy.. made me really happy. I saw a beautiful blue and white bird fly in alone after the 3 black birds left.. was like 30 seconds later. Then after the blue and white one left, another black one flew in alone and drank some water.
I suppose I should look into feeders and bird houses etc. Would love for my property to become a bird haven lol. Or is this a bad idea? Can too many birds be a bad idea for the garden? I have ten 4' x 4' raised beds and grow like everything. I don't grow grains though since I eat a ketogenic diet. I think it'd be great if the birds ate the pests from the plants and all the mosquito larvae in stagant water on the ground.