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A Toad

I’m not sure if it’s a Fowler’s Toad or an American Toad.  I didn’t get any closer than to take a few blurry photos.  I was pretty excited to see this little guy.  He was hanging out right between the toad abode and the shallow water dish I set up under the water dripper.  We [...]

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Toad Abode and Bath

Here’s one of my toad houses.  We have lots of toads around the yard, I hope to encourage one to make it’s home here. The rock path, pictured around the adobe above, leads behind a butterfly blush around to a little toad bath, or toad “pond”.  One of my bird bath water drippers drips right [...]

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Bird Bath Water Dripper – water feature for the birds

I wanted to add a water feature to our bird bath, specifically a mister, something the birds would enjoy playing in. Unfortunately, I’m not in the market to spend much money. My solution was a very easy, budget-friendly bird bath water dripper made out of a milk carton. Items needed: – milk carton – shepherds [...]

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Recycling nature landscaping

I’ve always made use of items around the yard.  When we had a tree cut down several years ago, I used one longer, large piece as a bench to put near our fire pit.  Another peice made a base for a bird bath.  I didn’t like the original pillar for the bird bath, feeling it [...]

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