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austinl01
02-09-2008, 09:16 PM
We all must love the tropical look since we're growing bananas. What I'd like to see are your garden decorations such as tiki huts, wooden parrots or even pink flamingos. I really want to spice up my outdoor decor. Thanks!
:djnana2:
natedogg1026
02-09-2008, 11:53 PM
Picture it surrounded by 18' orinocos.
mskitty38583
02-10-2008, 10:45 AM
i really love that tree nate. as for garden decor, i have little gnomes in one flowerbed. they are 2 inches high, and a toad house. i have a gazing ball holder that looks victorian and the pots to match it. a sheppards hook with japanese lanterns, dont know what im gonna do with that once i get my nanas planted outside. there is a 5 foot. gargoyle (made out of concrete) that i have been wanting forever. i would love to sit him in a corner with my nana trees. and i want some pink flamingos! so if anyone knows where i can get some lmk. if not ill have to wait till springbreak when i go to fl.
Taylor
02-10-2008, 10:53 AM
Birdbaths are a winner.
mskitty38583
02-10-2008, 10:59 AM
i dont have a birdbath...love to have one.the only problem is the outside cats would think its a moveable buffet. i wish they had one that would kind of hang from a tree limb like a hummer feeder.
shopgirl2
02-10-2008, 11:09 AM
Make your own hanging bird bath. do a google for home made.
mskitty38583
02-10-2008, 12:02 PM
great idea! thanks
Richard
02-10-2008, 01:34 PM
Here's how some of the decorations look on a bright February morning in San Diego (75 deg-F at 10am):
A whirly-gig to remind us of past furry friends
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=7934&size=1
The gnomes who live under the pineapple guavas
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=7933&size=1
A geeky-bird that crows squak at but otherwise stay far away (100+ feet) from
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=7932&size=1
Flamingos nesting in the Babacos (pineapple papayas)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=7931&size=1
Fairy house in the leptospermums
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=7930&size=1
austinl01
02-10-2008, 08:26 PM
Good idea about bird baths. I want to make one of those bubbling pot fountains. I think that would be really cool.
Richard--great shots of your yard ornaments. That geeky bird is really funny looking. LOL. Of course, a garden cannot be complete without gnomes!
Randy4ut
02-11-2008, 09:00 AM
Here are a couple of my attempts at trying to add some non plants to my place:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n225/randy4ut/2007%20Backyard%20pics/100_1866.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n225/randy4ut/Palms%202007/100_2163.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n225/randy4ut/2007%20Backyard%20pics/100_1819.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n225/randy4ut/2007%20Backyard%20pics/100_1813.jpg
Austin... You mentioned a "bubbling fountain"... If you look at the pic below on the front porch, that is a fountain urn that I purchased from HD and built the base to give it the Asian feel that I have out front.
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n225/randy4ut/2007%20Backyard%20pics/100_1860.jpg
To the left of the porch is a "Japanese" latern with landscape up lights shining on the latern and one on the 25+ year old Japanese Maple at night....
mskitty38583
02-11-2008, 10:41 AM
nice set up randy. you yard gets more lovely everytime i look at a new pic.
Randy4ut
02-11-2008, 11:05 AM
MsKitty,
I aint't too pretty right now!!! With the dormant plants and me tearing up part of the back to extend beds, it's a REAL mess out there... Hope it comes back into shape by mid May.... Thanks for the compliment anyway...
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