Yes! I first saw them on Garden Junk and did a search and it pulled up about a dozen different ones plus careful directions. There are some really fabulous and creative ones, mine is just a little copy-cat attempt. I went to the store intending to get plastic pots, the dollar store used to have a good selection - but they had none suitable left. ALL of their glass/ceramic pots had no hole except these! I bought 5 with an extra yellow one and painted it orange with house-paint I had already for my birdhouses. It was just a tiny bit awkward figuring out the order to do things and getting them to tip - but I was determined. Rebar would be ideal but these pots are so small and I happened to spot the purple dragonfly on a stake... had to have it too. The stake had a little 'leg' at the bottom that I chopped off with side-cutters (wire pliers), and later just jammed that little piece into the top pot. I threaded my EMPTY pots onto the bottom and then drove it into the ground about 2 feet. I could have used a helper, say 3-6 years old (grin), to hold the pots upwards as I filled each one starting with the bottom one... but I managed. Actually the child could have filled them better than I did. I did pack the soil really tightly so it doesn't wash out but that would depend on the plants selected, mine are portulacca and can take a little rough handling. I wish they were open for the photo! I was going on the HOPE that I would be able to drive the stake in with just my hands. With the decoration on top I couldn't pound it like I would have rebar. It resisted at first, then I hit a soft pocket and it slid in almost too fast. I hope I didn't pierce the city storm drain (see my page for long tirade!) As for the question 'how do you get them to tip', lay them out on the ground - on the rod - and play with them for a few minutes. It's just geometry, you can do it. The lowest one is flat. Hey! I had a laugh on myself; later that evening I looked out the kitchen window and could only see the orange one and it looked like it was on the ground. I thought my weak little stake had given way. I rushed out there - and everything was fine. Hee hee, I had to laugh, my yard art fooled me! I would love to make one larger, with old unmatched weatherbeaten pots but I went out to my shed and I had over 100 awful black plastic 1 gallon pots, but only 2 pots I could even consider decorative. Oh, well, a good excuse to shop! GH-

All you folks looking to paint white vinyl windows in dark colors: the issue actually is more than whether the paint sticks, but there is a solution. in the same boat, I researched this last summer. Turns out that light colored windows, if painted dark, could absorb enough additional heat from the sun to warp the windows and affect their fit and performance. so there are two possibilities here, or three if you count leaving them alone. You can paint them a light color. Use the Zinsser primer that's good for plastics, and use any good quality (say that again: GOOD QUALITY! Cheaply made paint doesn’t cover, stick, or last like the good stuff. It just doesn’t.) light colored paint. But if you really, really want a dark color, all is not lost. Both Benjamin Moore and Sherwin Williams manufacture paint specifically for vinyl siding, trim, or windows in a limited range of colors that includes some nice darks and brights. It’s formulated to reflect light so less heat builds up. You’ll have to special order it and it costs more. Your paint store person may not even realize it exists, but you can show them on the manufacturer website. Worth it not to have to replace those windows.

I think mine is about 8 or 9 years old. Earlier this year I went to use it for the first time and discovered that a mouse had built a nest right on top the burner, which trapped "moisture" against the tubes leading to the burner, and rusted them completely. Also the heat/drip shield had rusted loose, and the grates were not in very good shape. I ordered replacement parts for all three making sure to get stainless steel versions so these should last longer. I think the original grill was about $400, and the replacement parts were $150, so some argument could have been made to discard the old unit and get a better one. but I think this was a more economical and ecological solution. The company I ordered from was grill-parts.com and the parts arrived promptly and fit, and work better than the originals.

Not to beat the dead horse, but Dig Safe should have been called before any work was started to premark the areas. “Premark” means to identify the general scope of excavation activities using white paint, stakes or other suitable white markings, in a manner that will enable utility operators to know the boundaries of the proposed excavation activities. Premark the area to be excavated before calling Dig Safe. Proposed excavation areas should be identified with white marks, with the excavator’s company name or logo within the premarked areas. Premark the exact area of excavation using solid lines, dashes or dots. Failure to premark when practical may jeopardize your Dig Safe permit and/or result in a civil penalty. Member utility companies will mark owned or maintained facilities in the premarked areas. Excavating outside the premarked area requires another permit from Dig Safe.** If working throughout an entire property, rather than just a particular area, define the outer perimeter of the property to indicate that work will take place everywhere within those premarked areas.