Tee, thank you for the link! Gordon, that is so cool! So fun to see how creative everyone is!

OH Boo,Thank you for saying that,I never thought about it that way...You are soo right,easy access...

I knew someone was going to get the white stuff,before it was over....Sorry Gordon....

No GA going on right now,mulching is the main agenda now Got a bit done...even tho it was soo cold yesterday,dh and sil got a bunch of the tree tops cleaned up, making brush piles to burn later.

Found 4 yellow morels...Only if it would rain an warm up a tad,we would find some more...Soo very dry ???

Could we please move CHATTING to the chat thread?

We would like to keep this thread for creative ideas.

THANKS FROM YOUR MODERATORS!

click here for chatting>>>>> The thread "Chatter ~ We love to talk!" in Garden Art forum

Thank you Becky and I second that

Oh so cool!
http://ewainthegarden.blogspot...




There are also some burlap bags they show on the blog.

This site has the right click copy protected but here is the link. Scroll down past the trees.

It has all kinds of creative succulent ideas. I kill them but know many of you have wonderful success! (Like Valley Lyn!!)

http://ewainthegarden.blogspot...

I forsee rust stains from the cans. But rust is a pretty color so>>>?>>>?>>>?

I am making some tin can planters... painting the cans periwinkle and I think I'm going to try morning glories in them. Collecting cans from work, I have 4 so far, and I think I want to do 7 of them. Probably going to put them on my fence.

I've got a big coffee can that my sis gave to me. I am contemplating doing a bird house out of it. But I'm nervous about the entrance hole. I'll have to figure out some way to make sure the little birds don't cut themselves on it! Thinking about lining it with polymer clay or something like that. Any ideas?

Brenda, can't wait to see!

Sally, clay would be good or a rubber ring you get at ACE hardware. Then cut the hole to that size and glue to ring so it doesn't slip off.

Get two rubber rings, glue one inside and one outside just to be sure.
My 2 cents added to Boo's

Washers. Isn't that what those rubber rings are called?
Took me this long to remember that word.
It better be the right word, too.

Vic, where are you, you'd know.

Washer sounds good to me but o-ring would work too I think???

Now you're getting complicated.

yes, some sort of rubber thingy!! I think it would be worth a trip to the hardware store and a nice assistant can help you figure it all out! But at least our ideas are pointing you in the right direction!

http://amesindustrial.com/o-ri...

Who would have known O rings came in such pretty colors? This is what I was thinking of but didn't know the name til Vicki chimed in.

Life is so full of surprises.
What in heck are those thingies used for?

O'rings are good for sealing water out of electrical motors, for instance a trolling motor, in fishing reels, in coffee pots. They fit down on whatever you want then you can put something else on top to seal. Car engines use a lot of them. Maybe some of you remember when the old cars would go down the road with the smoke coming out of the exhaust. We would say it needs a ring job. Oil is leaking onto the motor and they need to replace the rings.