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8:25 pm
May 6, 2009
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Pete
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Here are instructions for making decorative towers as garden art. They are soooo simple, yet beautiful. Can hardly wait to get some all-weather adhesive then make a few of these!
http://www.diyideas.com/quickp…..ers_1.html
Oh, the possibilities!
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Anulos qui animum ostendunt omnes gestemus!
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8:38 pm
May 6, 2009
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Oh Pete! I'm going yard saling this weekend looking for stuff to use for this! TOOO ROcKIN" Cool!!!
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8:43 pm
May 6, 2009
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Now that stuff looks fun!
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8:58 pm
May 6, 2009
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I love these!! I've been collecting items all winter to make these totems……also the cup/saucer birdfeeder, but have forgotten about them with all everything else going on!! Thanks, Pete!
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9:13 pm
May 6, 2009
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GeorgiaZ said:
Now that stuff looks fun!
I can see those at a Girlfriends party!
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9:28 pm
May 6, 2009
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Pete
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Had a feeling somebody else might enjoy these things! Fortunately, or unfortunatley depending on one's perspective, we don't need to acquire anything but the rebar and the adhesive for the towers!
Those cup & saucer bird feeders are too, too cute, Cindy! You MUST do them, and RIGHT NOW!! I don't have any craft foam, so don't have the marerials for the spacers…  Seriously, I'd be doing them as well, but don't dare have a bird feeder so low to the ground.
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9:34 pm
May 6, 2009
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I have the adhesive and by tomorrow about 15 minutes after I get to work, I'll have rebar. I probably have the "junk" to make them, but you can never have too much junk to work with.
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9:36 pm
May 6, 2009
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Georgia, I bet your hubby can get you rebar too! smaller odd pieces
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11:05 pm
May 6, 2009
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Spring has finally sprung in Southwest Virginia and I really like these. My mother and grandmothers will, too. I know what to do for Mother's Day now.
I have a method for mounting metal posts into the ground that you may like. I cut a piece of metal conduit about 12" long and drive it in the ground about 6". Then, I pull it out and clean the dirt out with an old screwdriver. Next, I place the conduit back in the hole, drive it all the way down and insert the post on my decorative piece (in this case, rebar). When winter storage time arrives, I simply lift the post out of the conduit. In the spring, all I have to do is slip it back into the conduit.
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6:31 am
May 7, 2009
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Heidi533
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Those are really pretty! I'm using the sections of an old antenna tower for my beans and peas to grow up right now, but this looks much nicer.
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Heidi-
http://henhousediaries.blogspot.com
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9:53 am
May 7, 2009
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I just checked with our welding shop teacher. He said if you check with welding shops in your area they will probably give you short pieces or sell them cheap.
He said rebar comes in 20 ft lengths and if you buy it from a welder's supply, they should cut it up in the lengths you want. OR call your local vo tech if they offer welding, the students need the practice.
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10:15 am
May 7, 2009
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Pete
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Thanks for the info, Jayne! It looks like the rebar would be great for stability.
Question: Gorilla glue says on the box that it works on patio funiture as well as counter tops. Guess that makes it suitable for this sort of project??
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10:18 am
May 7, 2009
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Pete
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Ooh. PS – love the idea of driving the conduit into the ground.
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10:19 am
May 7, 2009
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Dreama said:
Spring has finally sprung in Southwest Virginia and I really like these. My mother and grandmothers will, too. I know what to do for Mother's Day now.
I have a method for mounting metal posts into the ground that you may like. I cut a piece of metal conduit about 12″ long and drive it in the ground about 6″. Then, I pull it out and clean the dirt out with an old screwdriver. Next, I place the conduit back in the hole, drive it all the way down and insert the post on my decorative piece (in this case, rebar). When winter storage time arrives, I simply lift the post out of the conduit. In the spring, all I have to do is slip it back into the conduit.
What a good idea! I like the idea that you can remove (or move and rearrange) without pulling the rebar out of the ground. With red clay soil it isn't easy to pull up and put away for winter.
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10:30 am
May 7, 2009
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CindyP
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Pete said:
Thanks for the info, Jayne! It looks like the rebar would be great for stability.
Question: Gorilla glue says on the box that it works on patio funiture as well as counter tops. Guess that makes it suitable for this sort of project??
I'm using Gorilla Glue, I use it for absolutely everything!
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10:42 am
May 7, 2009
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Pete said:
Here are instructions for making decorative towers as garden art. They are soooo simple, yet beautiful. Can hardly wait to get some all-weather adhesive then make a few of these!
http://www.diyideas.com/quickp…..ers_1.html
Oh, the possibilities!
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12:52 pm
May 7, 2009
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Jayne said:
Georgia, I bet your hubby can get you rebar too! smaller odd pieces
I have that stuff everywhere in all sizes. And junk too, imagine that!
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1:14 pm
May 7, 2009
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GeorgiaZ
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And the bad part is I want to do this right now! And I have to work the next 6 days!!! But hubby goes back to school Monday for his new semester and I will be able to come home and do what ever I want to for at least 3 days. And that will be gathering and gluing stuff.
So am I understanding that an upside down budvase is what goes on the bottom for the rebar to go into?
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2:28 pm
May 7, 2009
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Pete
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That's the way I read it, G. And none of us has an overabundance of those bud vases, right?? 
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2:59 pm
May 7, 2009
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I dont! I was a florist for 30 years and really thought if I never ever saw one again in my life it would be too soon! But luckily every thrift shop in the world had several dozen handy.
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