My Garden Ornaments

I have bought another one especially for them, but they seem to like this one.

@JudyEv You are right, I have also bought a new nice bird feeder and they ignore it, still preferring the old one.

@LadyDuck It's funny but they have their own preferences which don't always match up with what we think they'd like.

@LadyDuck You cannot see it very well here, but the top level, just beneath the lighthouse, is where the water starts and falls into the pond. But its shut off for the winter months.

@Juliaacv I can see it. Our garden is on two different levels, as you can see from this photo of last summer. The water flows from the pond into the fountain on the lower level and a pump brings the water back into the pond.

Our garden is on two levels, the water from the pond creates a small waterfall, a pump bring back the water into the pond from an underground pipe. In winter the movement is turned off, now the bond is frozen.

@LadyDuck You just need a pump that throws up water from the pond and your cascade sends it back to the pond which would not be that expensive. It depends on the height and distance of these two items to determine the power of the pump. Mine has a 2 hp pump. I can directly have water going up to the fall from the well but that water will not go back to the well as it is not clean. It will fall in the reservoir. I also have a connection to the reservoir when I close the connection to the well and then open it when water throws up and falls back into the reservoir. Did you create this cascade yourself. My waterfall is my own creation. I only had labourers and a plumber to construct it under my instructions.

@allknowing Yes, we created the pond and the cascade ourselves, we called the plumber for the pipes and the valves under the construction.

We wanted to created a small cascade flowing into the pond, but it's not an easy project. I should see what I can do.

Yes, as I use it mainly in Summer, the sun shines from early in the morning up to almost 9 in the evening.

I agree, I like to hear the sound of water, even the rain on the pergola in summer.

We lived in an apartment for many years, it's nice to have a garden now.

@LadyDuck maybe I can try gardening when Ism homebased again or when I am retired.

@nottoooldtowrite I think that you can garden if you have at least a small balcony.

@LadyDuck My two favorite places to be are on the banks of a river or the shore by the ocean. I love being near moving water.

@DWDavis I also love to be on the banks of a river or of a lake, we do not have the sea, but we have two big lakes close to our area.

I like to see and hear the water, it is relaxing.

The pool is a great ornament, we do not have one because we have too many cold months. There is a hot tub in a corner of the garden that we use from May to the end of September.

@AbbyGreenhill Most of the time we do not heat the water, the heat of the sun is enough, but in late September it is pleasant.

@LadyDuck We aren't hot tub people. I won't even take a bath - i don't like sitting in hot water - I am usually in hot water other ways!

It's not very big and I can move it in another area if I like.

May be one day you will have, I have lived in an apartment for so many years.

I have bought another one to keep in another area especially for the birds.

Thank you, I hope you can have a garden one day.

Thank you, I saw it in an online catalog, it was not expensive, I bought.

My husband does not want statues, ornamental vases and alike, but he also loves fountains.

@fishtiger58 I have another fountain that I want to place in the middle of a flower patch, I think it will look great.

@LadyDuck I actually have a small fountain but nope he does't want it in his flower gardens

@LadyDuck That's great that you also have bamboo in your garden. It looks so nice. It seems that in Chinese Fengshui, the fountain is also important and it seems it can bring you more fortune. And this is why in some buildings there are fortunes in front of them.

@youless I have several books about Chinese Feng Shui, this is why we have planted the bamboo, added a pond and a fountain. Also in the house we have tried to do our best so that the the invisible energy or force (called chi), can circulate.

I liked this fountain because it has some Japanese style and I have bamboo in my garden.

@LadyDuck true. I'll gladly settle for a hanging garden. Less work and less space involved.

@allen0187 May be, but to water a hanging garden is a real pain.

A garden is nice, but there is a lot of work to do everyday to keep it nice and clean.

@Butchcass4 There are many different birds, sparrows, finches, blue jays, red robins and the bigger ones like black birds, doves and the cuckoo birds... they are annoying.

I check the water level every morning and I add a some if it's needed. The birds love to come bathing in the fountain.

@LadyDuck It must be awesome to watch the birds take baths, huh? What kind of birds do you have coming?

Thank you Michael, I love the sound of the water.

I think someone should start a challenge "house ornaments", why not you?

@just4him I see, I suppose not even the built in came on the cellphone. I have a small camera, but my old cellphone has not a camera.

@LadyDuck It sounds like a good challenge, however that would require pictures of which I have no camera.

It's nice during the summer to sit under the porch and listening to the gentle noise of the water.

@MarymargII More or less is the same from May to September we have a nice warm season, the hottest month is July, October can be a pretty good month, but not every year.

@LadyDuck About how long is your summer and how hot does it get- I think it may be like Canada where we get from May to September but some days can be cool and some can be really hot. Our autumn is beautiful and has great comfortable weather temperatures.