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One of the Kiwi's didn't do good last year, I am hoping it is ok this year.

that's what she pm'd me. i'll find it and pm it to you tomorrow.

Thanks Jiffy!!!!

What a pretty bathroom Triss!!! I see your sunflower willy like I have!!

Ohh WOW Triss I'll have to take another look see for all the willys!! LOLOL
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Ohhh Okay I see,, What in the sunflower anything?? From the picture it looks like some greenery!

I'd like that Triss!!!


Okay this is my next project!! I have a little corner of my yard with elephants . What I got at a yardsale last summer was this lamp base I've already given it several coats of clearcoat inside and out,, Annnd I have a basin for it to sit in But Here's the problem.. What I need is a solar cable/pump fountain kit.. I can thread the pump hose up thru the lamp and out of the top the top hole is not very big maybe 1/2" in diam. so what ever I get the fountain head would have to be affixed on the top of the lamp . Nowww I just need to get a solarpump that's low in cost and that's not easy to find.

It will probably be a while as I don't internet shop via Ccard.. This will have to be a mail in deal Ya know what I mean??

Hmmm, I was thinking floating solar pump and I know where they are for $19.99

But you need one that has a long cord to go up thru the vase with an attached solar panel....

This seems like one of the best ones I could find and it has a pic of an urn thing they used like your vase.

solar pump

Might be worth saving up for? Not sure if you can do snail mail though, maybe you could email them or call them......

That's exactly what I need Thanks Loz!!!

it might triss, it just might!

Hmmm Triss I don't know.....could be possible......

And Diane you're welcome, I just hope you can do it thru the mail or maybe by phone.

Well if anyone ever does a barrel pond or something let me know, there is a floating lily pad pump like mine for $20 right now! I think I paid $40 for mine..... :p <-----I know that doesn't work but most of you know what it means!

Here is the first pic. It's from before I laid all the new soil and planted everything but after I took out all the grass. This whole area used to be dead grass.



This is the top of the stairs where the walkway starts, also where the brick starts.



The rest of the walkway, where I put in all the bricks.

The bricks around the tree.



The other side of the tree



This was taken at almost the same spot as the first pic so you can see the difference from before and after. It doesn't seem like much but it was a lot of work for me.

Wow Cheryl that's a lot of work!! I like how it borders the sidewalk Ahhh Ha I spotted the Willy hard at work too!

It's nice to see it all growing now, with some willy decorations too, instead of just a brown patch of earth. I'm thinking of getting into container gardening to border the back of the garden with.

heres my pond im workin on


i dont like how the tiers are bare, so i thought about getting baskets to fit them in or makin concrete molds to set them in, and the top one needs trimed down, the pump i got aint strong enough yo get the water up there,
im also thinking about taking some of the logs out from the front and just usein rocks.

wow cheryl! that is alot of work! those bricks take awile gettingthem to fit, looks great big huge diffrence.

thanks triss. had the pond kit, just finaly put it up last summer, now i gotta finish it this summer :)

I like it Christy! as far as the bar tiers you could possibley burr out some nooks and plant sedum or shallow root plants in the nooks to bring the tiers to life.. I also like the logs in front it looksrustic like that I think you've got a good layout there Dangggggg I wish I had more land to work with!

i like

thanks,
yep triss it came with the pump, and i got the tiers for 5 buck in the same ltd catalog. i think the pump is more of a sprinkler fountain kind, to see it going i take out the water hose and stick it in the top tier, lol i have water running out the pond but its fun to watch it go,
diane i thought about puttin plants around the tiers too, maybe iget a big basket or somthing i can fill in the area between the tiers ans basket,

wow wow wow

cheri
& sibyl

You take it to the limits .......Oh how you did a lot with little space...
beautiful......
Now I did notice........some of your Willy play and some work.
How come the others get to play? Are they old?

;0)

I don't know what's wrong with those two, I just can't seem to get them away from that darn checkers board!



Maybe I should look into checker's anonymous.

hey christy, will you post about your fountain in the water garden section?

:thum:ok jiffy,

and yep triss i plan to get more fish. bb killed off fishy and fishy :shck:

Well I lucked up again, a friend of mine called me and said her neighbor moved several days earlier and left a concret fountain ( just the middle and top and Did I want it~~ maybe I could do something with it??? I gave it a look see brought it home and mannn those seperate pieces were Heaaaaaaavy!!! I painted the top and made a couple of homes for my teeny tiny willys and planted flowers in it stacked one piece on top of the other , and wedged a flat rock between the fountain planter and the rock tower so the Willys can cross over the flat rock and won't have to walk so far to work.. I think they'll be happy in their new home!!!

Fountain in two pieces ~~~ UGLYYYYYY!!

Middle section I used as the base


Top of fountain,, We couldn't find the Bottom base "Think maybe someone took it>>???


After the top got a new face lift



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That looks great! You are so creative. I wish I could be, oh well.

continued,,

After introducing the teeny tiny willies to their new home we all decided to plant flowers around their home I wanted them to be very happy with their new surrounding!

They sure settled in fast!!!!!


Big Willy with the lantern is standing on the flat rock that I wedged between the Willy's new home and the Rock tower and it fits perfect!! A great path for going to the rock tower,, Right Now Big Willy is watching over home and Work making sure all is safe and doing their part to help our garden grow,, ALtho I did see where One is napping~ Guess I over worked Him!!!

Over all view...

Thanks Cheryl It's just fun stuff to do and soo easy to paint, it's a geat way to save a lot of money ,, and I just pulled plants from around the garden to place in the pockets ,, BUt I'm always looking for a way to make my own solar fountain pump .. I'm still working on that one!!! LOLOLOLOL

ooooooo thats awsome!!!!!!
it blends right with your rock pile too!
look like ya got your own willy village there!

I'm starting a new DIY rock tower/ Willy village

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Triss you make me want to turn my bath room Tub a spot for my,
plants come winter ,I have some Ideal now from seeing ur's
I have a big round tub.ur bathroom looks great.

I got a old time bubble gum machine and now
it is for the Bird's we put seed in it as you,
can see they come and have made so much come down,
but it's ok sooo many Birds out here lol here it is

A new DIY thread had already been started ~ this one was done :wink: BTW BettyB I love the fushia Plant you have hanging!!

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