@dizzyizzy I haven't tried this (they are fabulous, so much talent around here) but I think it depends how much effort you want to put in and where your located. We have an architectural salvage store where you could walk in and buy an older window anywhere from $30-$100+ depending on size, condition, # of panes, etc. Easy but you're paying for it. You could also check out Craigslist. I've seen them on there from $5-$50+. Less expensive but more hit or miss. Then you could look around on trash day or look for a remodel job and score them at the curb for free. I like the last option. Part of the fun is the hunt.

Welcome to Garden Junk. Fairy Gardens have always been a popular topic here. A fairy garden can be whatever pleases the gardener. My fairy gardens run to ferns and mosses; acorn caps and broken seashells; dried lichens and mushrooms. Sometimes I put ceramic animal figures inside broken flower puts turned on their sides. I do have a ceramic fairy that was a gift. In the winter I sometimes wrap her in Spanish moss because she looks so cold in her summer dress. You must listen closely to hear fairy music. Nell

Well since posting last March, I've decided to move the perennials under the black oil sunflower seed (BOSS) feeders this Spring, edge with bricks and spread some nice wood chips. The birds are going through approx. 150 lbs of BOSS this fall and winter in 2 small feeders and they're making a mess with the sunflower hulls. Although the kind with hulls is cheaper and it slows down the little eating machines a bit because they have to crack them open. The plants (mostly Echinacea) don't grow that well underneath the feeders and would look pretty elsewhere. Plus I've been tromping through this area a lot to fill the feeders and suet log and fuss with the winter-sowing containers. Last year I let some of the sunflower seeds that sprouted (missed by the birds and squirrels) grow up and will probably do that again this year. The birds loved eating them - especially the Goldfinches and Warblers.

Hi Pat, No, I also have a tube feeder with BOSS and safflower. Woodpeckers, bluejays, assorted sparrows, cardinals, goldfinches, et al, like the Lyric - and go through 4 lbs a day. The chickadees, nuthatches, titmouses, house finches seem to go more often to the safflower/BOSS feeder. The Lyric has seeds and nuts for all beak sizes. I am a non-discriminating birder. I feed crows, starlings, crackles, anybody that shows up here gets a meal and a drink. Having said that, their seasonal activities affect what I put out and when. I put the safflower and BOSS out originally to discourage the large flock of house sparrows which dominated the feeder and bath in the spring breeding season, to the exclusion of all others. I will stop the Lyric in the early spring when more natural food becomes available and breeding season brings every HS for miles. In summer, I use safflower/BOSS only when there are plenty of bugs and fruit available. A picture is worth...my feeding area this morning: RB Woodpecker, Juncos, Mourning Dove, Bluejay, Titmouse The Mourning Doves rock everything when they land so there is enough spillage for the ground feeders like the Juncos. I also switch the Lyric to add a suet cake for the winter sometimes, too. (going to have to make a decision about bird name capitalization...or not, lol. ) Jane