<Peace Gardens>

This 56-page eBook provides construction techniques for the peace designs I've been making for my own garden this summer. The first is a large heart:

These have been curing in the shaded area next to my house. So far so good! I'd been concerned that the heart design might be too top heavy to stand on its own, so I'm delighted to see that it's standing and it's sturdy even with the exceptionally strong winds we've been having.

I've enjoyed watching these vines grow all the way to the tops of these tufa trellises. These trellises have seed bead wire imbedded so the plants have something to grab onto. How is that going to work? This wire looks attractive, but it might be too thin to hold up for very long. On my next creation using this "Tufa Trellis" technique (perhaps a kitty shape instead of that heart shape?) I'll use some stronger wire. (See below.)

And here's that kitty bird feeder holder I was dreaming about earlier. I inserted wire that is plenty strong to hold some of those seed cake holders. She (my kitties are always girls) was constructed using the same technique described in Hypertufa 901 for the heart pictured above. The one thing that's different is that I flipped the rod used on the inside because I plan to insert this rod into another taller rod rather than inserting it into the ground as I've done for the heart pictured above. This kitty is going to rest atop one of those tall poles described in Hypertufa 601 for making squirrel-proof bird feeders. Next spring we'll do a bit of rearranging and she'll emerge as a Tufa Trellis, her winter work of feeding the birds done.

This kitty is now positioned atop a tall tufa pole right outside my kitchen window. Already the chickadees and the woodpeckers are entertaining me while they fill their little bellies. I usually don't hang out seed cakes until it's much colder, but you know what it's like to have something new. You want to put it to use right away!

And lastly, instructions for making mini-birthbaths with designs of your own. If you can create it on your computer screen you can transfer the design to a mini-birdbath. Hypertufa 901 shows you how to do that. The eBook also includes several pages of ready to print or paint artwork such as the examples shown here.

Here in northwestern Wisconsin we have a drought situation, so all of the critters that hang out in my gardens have been most appreciative of these new little birdbaths and water dishes that I've been putting out this summer for them to use.

You can be naughty or nice with your designs. You can be left, right, or center. You can make your personalized birdbaths say whatever you want them to say!

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