{"id":1891,"date":"2013-04-12T10:09:04","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T14:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rainydaymagazine.com\/wp\/?p=1891"},"modified":"2015-03-09T10:12:19","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T14:12:19","slug":"birdbath-and-birdhouses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rainydaymagazine.com\/wp\/2013\/04\/12\/birdbath-and-birdhouses\/","title":{"rendered":"Birdbath and Birdhouses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spring<\/span>\u00a0is definitely on its way. The temperature outside has been fluctuating between 40\u00ba and 60\u00ba+. April showers have been signaling to the plants that it is time to get busy. The\u00a0daffodils<\/a>,\u00a0tulips<\/a>,\u00a0day lilies<\/a>, and\u00a0others<\/a>\u00a0have started to poke through the wet ground.\u00a0Crocuses<\/a>\u00a0have been popping up, some in the oddest places, all over the RainyDayGarden. The forecast for this weekend is warm and sunny, so it will be the perfect time to clean up the garden and put up some of the\u00a0new items we found<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0Gardener’s Supply Company<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0\u00a0items<\/a>\u00a0that caught our eye were the\u00a0birdhouses with the metal roof<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0metal birdbath<\/a>\u00a0with the three-legged stand. Both items are exclusive to Gardener’s Supply Company and are available now.<\/p>\n

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The bronze-colored birdbath was shipped flat, but was very simple to put together. The pieces are made of powder-coated steel to withstand the elements. We love the whimsey and details of the various elements of this birdbath. The\u00a0tripod base<\/a>\u00a0is very stable and should be stand well either in soil or on a deck. The elegant metal\u00a0leaf’s lip is curled up<\/a>to create\u00a0a shallow bowl<\/a>\u00a0and will hold up to two cups of rainwater.<\/p>\n

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We have\u00a0a few birdhouses<\/a>\u00a0at the office. Most of them CAN be hung outside, but none of the are. The larger of the\u00a0wooden ones<\/a>\u00a0we decorated did not have a easy way for us to clean things out at the end of the season. We could cut a hole at the bottom, but that is a project for another day. The\u00a0porcelain ones<\/a>\u00a0made by\u00a0Ray Dunn<\/a>\u00a0does have have an opening at the bottom. However, we didn’t want to risk breaking them by hanging them outside.<\/p>\n

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When we saw the cheerful cottage birdhouses from Gardener’s we knew they would be perfect for the RainyDayGarden. These brightly colored birdhouses have\u00a0galvanized metal roofs<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a01-1\/4″ entrance holes<\/a>, and are made from pine with a double-layer protective coating.<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0metal rings<\/a>\u00a0around the entrances deter gnawing predators. Clean out\u00a0doors on the back<\/a>\u00a0make end-of-season housekeeping quick and simple. The size is perfect for nuthatches, titmice, wrens and chickadees. Inviting colorful and pest-eating songbirds to take up residence at the garden is a nice way to keep bugs and mosquitoes under control.<\/p>\n

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So here is an interesting dilemma. While these birdhouses and the birdbath are wonderful accents for the garden, they also make whimsical decorations for inside the home. We realized that when we left\u00a0the stand near the door<\/a>\u00a0and a minute later found\u00a0keys and other items<\/a>\u00a0left on it. Now we are not sure which we want more, a birdbath outside or a key stand inside!<\/p>\n

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Many readers have sent comments and feedback to us after reading our\u00a0\u00a0Birdfeeding in Winter<\/a>\u00a0article. We appreciate all of the ideas and thoughts. We will definitely be taking many of the suggestions to heart as when working on the Spring Feeding article. Look for it in May!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spring\u00a0is definitely on its way. The temperature outside has been fluctuating between 40\u00ba and 60\u00ba+. April showers have been signaling to the plants that it is time to get busy. The\u00a0daffodils,\u00a0tulips,\u00a0day lilies, and\u00a0others\u00a0have started to poke through the wet ground.\u00a0Crocuses\u00a0have been popping up, some in the oddest places, all over the RainyDayGarden. The forecast for this weekend is warm and sunny, so it will be the perfect time to clean up the garden and put up some of the\u00a0new items we found\u00a0at\u00a0Gardener’s Supply Company. The\u00a0\u00a0items\u00a0that caught our eye were the\u00a0birdhouses with the metal roof\u00a0and the\u00a0metal birdbath\u00a0with the three-legged stand. Both items are exclusive to Gardener’s Supply Company and are available now. The bronze-colored birdbath was shipped flat, but was very simple to put together. The pieces are made of powder-coated steel to withstand the elements. We love the whimsey and details of the various elements of this birdbath. The\u00a0tripod base\u00a0is very stable and should be stand well either in soil or on a deck. The elegant metal\u00a0leaf’s lip is curled upto create\u00a0a shallow bowl\u00a0and will hold up to two cups of rainwater. We have\u00a0a few birdhouses\u00a0at the office. Most of them CAN be hung outside, but none of the are. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14,259],"tags":[503,660,282,413],"class_list":["post-1891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-birds","category-rainydaygarden","tag-bird-house","tag-birdbath","tag-gardeners-supply-company","tag-rdg"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rainydaymagazine.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/BirdhousesAndBathAllBig.jpg?fit=1029%2C683","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7F1GW-uv","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rainydaymagazine.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rainydaymagazine.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rainydaymagazine.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rainydaymagazine.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rainydaymagazine.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1891"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/rainydaymagazine.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1895,"href":"http:\/\/rainydaymagazine.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1891\/revisions\/1895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rainydaymagazine.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rainydaymagazine.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rainydaymagazine.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rainydaymagazine.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}