Seniors What Do You Have in Your Yard That Isnt a Plant?
Question by isotope2007: Seniors what do you have in your yard that isnt a plant?
What decorative, creative, interesting or whimsical little something do you have in your yard that isn’t a plant ? Something you put there yourself.
I have a statue of St Francis which is about 3 feet tall, and a black Asian carp that is about 1 1/2 feet long and stands about 8 inches tall.
A sandstone plaque of some sort of face on the fence and 4 musically tuned wind chimes and one bamboo “chatter” windchime.
This morning I found a ceramic rabbit by the carp. Two things come to mind, someone put it there as a nice surprise for me, or whoever stole my 6 hostas left it to taunt me. Its where the hostas were.
I have the usual garden/patio furniture, mine is faux wicker, and an antique garden bench
And apparently had a rooster with a sense of humour LMAO
This summer I need to get another birdbath, mine also went missing :-(
We arent allowed to use fire pits anymore damn environmentalists, it pollutes the air. They are trying to ban wood burning fireplaces too
I used to have half an acre and I was in heaven, even with the pool I had my own “park” ! Now I have a postage sized back yard, its enough for me, and the cat likes it.
Best answer:
Answer by kels<3
My Grandma has a statue of Saint Francis, and a bird feeder or two, and a light house. She loves light houses so we give them to her and she has alot of little trees and bushes and they look really nice.
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I have some wind chimes on my deck, an outdoor table and chairs.
I have a lovely wishing well, and decking outside my dining room’s french windows, and we call it a garden.
I also have a shed, and the back door to my garage, my garden is all enclosed with a 9 foot wooden fence.
On my decking I have all my garden furniture
it is white, and rain proof, and in my shed I keep the deckchairs, I use in the summer.
We put nearly all of the ceramics in storage before winter, but right this minute there is a three foot tall cement Indian, bird feeders, a large number of huge pine stumps but the snow isn’t gone here yet. Can’t wait for warm weather to get my gardens cleaned up and in shape for a few new flowers this year along with the hundreds of perennials. Then have the ground worked back up for the huge vegie garden.
That sounds so pretty. I have bamboo wind chimes, they sound like bones rattling, I love it. Also a white cement swan that belonged to my mother, a faux wicker rocker that sets under the cherry tree and a pretty swing that sets under the carport with soon to be red geraniums in large black pots. I also have a bird bath in my garden next to the sunroom. I can’t hardly wait for true spring so I can start my flowers again. Poppy
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I have some wind chimes but my favorite thing is the fire pitt. There’s nothing like it to keep us warm while we’re sitting around with friends on a cold evening. I love the almost ‘hypnotic’ nature of it.
i have a 32 ft lawn ornament at my house. some of you may call it a motor home but to me it’s a lawn ornament since it never moves.
Lots of rocks and a gazing ball
I have a fountain with a girl and two boys , and another one of a girl under a umbrella, I have bird houses, and a stature of Garfield the cat.
Hostas,,, used to have a ceramic rabbit,,,
a birdhouse shaped like a bluebird and a great big snowflake hanging from a shepherd’s crook(it’s coming down Friday, first day of Spring)
A 4 foot high Wind-mill complete with sails,but surounded by (Flowers)
Originally wasn’t going to answer this question… Thought it would sound slightly pretentious or over-reaching, but then, I’m really not the pretentious type, just proud of the small accomplishments.
My back yard has an exotic garden (I know you said no plants but:) that includes a variety of palms and cactus, terraced on one side by rocks. Not ordinary rocks but rocks my wife and I collected from our property ranging from a pound or two to three hundred (guesstimate). I also took some rocks and made wells for the wild Palo Verde bush/trees that have invaded my desert and they actually look kind of nice. Lately I’ve been grooming the Prickly Pear cactus, Mesquite and Sage so they will grow tall and not give the snakes a place to hide (at least close to the house). But my favorite by far is the Sahuaro’s, four beautiful majestic creatures that have endured time. I work with one of the local tribes here in the SW Desert (US) and was originally storing a Christmas float, but have since decided to turn it into a Cantina, were calling it Sahuaro Cantina. And last I want to mention another of my favorites; I have a Rockwell! You betcha, took a bunch of rocks and made a well, then placed a large boulder in the middle, so now I tell all; we picked up a Rockwell the other day:) Along with the Dart Board and Horse shoe pit, my wife loves her wind chimes which range from Dream Catchers to water, glass and symbolic (usually ocean) creatures dangling from our patio cover. If that doesn’t sound like enough, it’s not! We also have ornamental lizards and Cokapeli (sp?)art on the walls suroounding this particular part of our yard and to top it off we planted our 1923 Alaskan King ice box on the back patio, it is a great place for the stereo.
The front yard which is really the true back yard is about an acre of desert and I really doubt if anyone would bother to read what we have sitting out there. But thanks for the question:):)
Dog poop !!! Sorry, couldn’t resist. We have 3 chihuahuas and often joke about how “prolific” they are.
Seriously, I have a heart shape rock that says “welcome” — it is like a stepping stone going to the garden. My husband jokes that instead of saying “welcome” it should say “watch out for the dog poop!”.
Damn i don’t have a yard no more we live in a condo on the 5th floor now. i sure do miss our old house it had a big yard and a deck on the south side of it.
A leprechaun hiding in the greenery and dog poop landmines.
Flag pole with an American flag, with a spotlight on it at night. I take it down due to inclement weather.
In my front yard I have a very large lava rock, huge concrete basket, antique corn planter, two rabbits, and two wind chimes. In the back yard, I have a Koi pond made out of a galvanized water trough with an antique hand water pump, two birdbaths, two porch swings, 2 concrete chickens, 3 frogs, a ceramic cat, assorted crock pottery, 3 wind chimes and fire pit. You think I have overdone it? Naaahhhhhhhhh
My back yard is full of whimsy! An old metal chair rests on the fence along with a small children’s size shovel. Around the BBQ area there are old rusty cast iron frying pans hanging from the fence and a tower that I use for flower pots. There is a windmill in the middle of the yard which is spinning like crazy right now, and when it’s summer the hammock is out between two trees. I pick up interesting chunks of wood and they are incorporated around plants. On the porch the lawn chairs are the old aluminum with the webbing, tables made from old wooden beams with casters so they can be moved easily, and a glass top table with an umbrella.
Out here I’m never really sure what is in my yard unless I go look. There might be a rabbit of two or an armadillo and usually I can find a roadrunner. If it is very dry and there is very little grass I might even have a doe up pretty close to the house. Dry weather does tend to make the lion lye down with the lamb. I have an old millstone in the yard that I have had since I was a boy. My Sweetie likes to train her climbing roses on old implement wheels so we usually have several of those scattered around. I am never really sure where my yard ends and where my pasture begins so I am confused with whats in my yard and whats out in my pasture. We are not much into landscaping I guess.
With 3 male dogs that lift their legs, I can’t have much in the yard. ;-( I do have an old wooden skiff with three large planters in them. When spring finally rolls around here, they will get planted with red impatiens and german ivy. We have a flag pole outside the yard next to the arbor that I love. A goal I have is to have coconuts in my yard someday, sigh……..
Right now nothing because we put it away before it snows. In the nice weather i have lots of junk. Frogs ands toads and bunnies and foxes (statues), Decorative flags, two sizes. I put them out in the winter, too, though. Path lights that look like lighthouses. A stake that has a wooden sunflower on it and a welcome sign attached. Six hanging twirly things that look like icicles but are colorful. A big conch shell that my husband made a hole in the small end of that he can blow so it sounds like a horn. Two sets of dark green wrought iron furniture including umbrellas that we put on two of our three decks. A big wind spinner that sticks in the ground and looks like a pinwheel. The typical pair of flamingos (as a joke). A path light that my friend made me. It’s three small fence posts in three heights attached with fancy rope, decorated with silk flowers and also a wooden welcome sign. Also, six big pots of flowers plus the ones in the actual ground.
I forgot the bamboo wind chimes.
I have a bench, birdbath, and blue gazing ball, along with a leprechaun for good measure.
2 dead dogs, one dead cat and one pidgeon, but don t worry they are underground..lol
Sundial, bird feeder and bird bath.
Hardwood furniture.
Some wooden lawn furniture made by a neighbor.
Some solar path lights.
And probably a few presents left by the neighborhood roaming dogs.