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Ozarklake Functional Copper Garden Art

ORIOLE FRUIT FEEDERS

Orioles will eat oranges, berries, grapes, chopped pears and apples They also like grape or apple jelly. Because a lot of our customers have inquired about oriole feeders, I researched and developed a style of feeder that makes providing an orange-half for orioles (and other fruit-eating birds) easy and fun.

When I have them available, I incorporate an old-fashioned glass juicer with copper art. I also use sherbert dishes, martini glasses - whatever I can find that will hold an orange-half or other fruit. Some of my oriole feeders are made entirely of copper with no glass. I always include at least one copper spike to hold an orange-half as well. House finches, cardinals, blue jays, chickadees, mockingbirds, robins, thrashers, and woodpeckers will also feed on fruit.

BUTTERFLY DISHES/WATER BATHS/SEED FEEDERS

When I find an interesting glass bowl or dish, I add my copper art to make a multi-purpose hanging garden item. I also make these totally of copper, with a hammered copper bowl.

Some butterflies, such as the red admiral, painted lady, tiger swallowtail and mourning cloak, will readily feed from butterfly nectar feeders. Our dishes can be used as a nectar feeder or as the much-needed mud hole butterflies use to obtain salt and nutrients. To use the dish as a feeder, add small pebbles, colored stones, or cotton balls and then pour nectar into the dish.

Butterflies also need mud puddles for salts and minerals. My hanging dishes and copper baskets can be used as a hanging mud bath for these beautiful creatures. Keep the mud moist and decorate with colored stones or pebbles so the butterflies can land and bask in the sun.

Many of our dishes can be used as a water source for drinking and bathing for birds and butterflies. Put colored stones or pebbles in the bottom for better footing. Change the water frequently, especially in hot weather.

You can also put birdseed in our hanging dishes if you plan to hang them under cover so rain won’t mold the seed.

REPURPOSED GLASS PLANT STARTERS

Our popular Glass Garden Rooters are a wonderful way to bring the outdoors in. They are a beautiful way to start new plants or to showcase fresh, silk or dried flowers. Delicate and decorative, these whimsical hanging vases are fun and functional. They are wonderful gifts for any occasion!

Water culture, or cultivation without soil, has been practiced for hundreds of years. Many gardening enthusiasts propagating plants have discovered they can not only root some types of cuttings in water, but can actually grow the plants in water. Advantages of growing plants in water instead of soil are less frequent waterings and no infestations of soil-borne insects. It can be fun to experiment and try something different in the way of indoor gardening.

DECORATIVE COPPER HANGERS

Remember when your mother hung her potted plants from the ceiling with macrame? I've updated that idea with a sturdy, everlasting copper hanger. My Copper Hangers can be used indoors or outdoors to hold hanging plants or feeders. Each one is a one-of-a-kind piece of art.

PICNIC PALS

You're outdoors at a concert, in your garden, on a picnic, camping, fishing, or whatever you enjoy outdoors. You're all set to enjoy your favorite beverage. You set it on the ground and...plop! It promptly falls over. My copper Picnic Pals solve that problem, providing a handy and portable drink holder. The lower part of the Picnic Pal is hardened, while the upper part is not. Two convenient "pusher" handles are provided to push the Picnic Pal into the ground. If the ground is very hard, you may need to make “pilot” holes to avoid bending your copper Picnic Pal. Each one is unique - no two are alike.

This is NOT the "as seen on TV" plant waterer. This is my own handcrafted creation. Utilizing repurposed glass, I enshroud the water container in copper art. This is easily filled by removing the rubber stopper. The plexi water tube is inserted into the plant, providing constant and controlled water as water is used or evaporates from the soil. Each one is unique depending on the glass I have. Larger plants may require more than one for proper plant maintenance.