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How to Create a Mini Birdbath Garden
- Place a birdbath or other container, like a terra-cotta pot or wooden box, where it will stay permanently before planting in it. ...
- Fill the planter about two-thirds full with soil.
- Remove plants from their pots one at a time, knock off soil, and loosen and spread out roots.
- How do you make a birdbath into a planter?
- What can I plant in a bird bath?
- Should a bird bath be in the sun or shade?
- Should I put rocks in my bird bath?
- How deep should a birdbath be?
How do you make a birdbath into a planter?
Mix equal parts perlite and potting mix; fill bird bath roughly 3/4 full with soil mixture. Use a trowel to make enough holes in the potting mixture to accommodate the number of plants. Leave 2 to 3 inches of space between each plant. Plant succulents inside bird bath, making holes with trowel for each plant.
What can I plant in a bird bath?
Good planting choices include succulents, sedums and flowering annuals and vines. You could also create miniature or fairy gardens with tiny plantings or insert a water-tight container and add a small circulating fountain and water garden.
Should a bird bath be in the sun or shade?
Place your birdbath in the shade if possible, to keep the water cooler and fresher. Having trees nearby will also provide branches on which they can preen. Arrange stones (or branches) in the water so birds can stand on them to drink without getting wet (this is particularly important during freezing weather).
Should I put rocks in my bird bath?
Good Footing.
Pea gravel or large stones in the bottom of you bath basin also serve to give bathing birds better footing while using the bath. This is necessary to make the birds feel less vulnerable while they bathe.
How deep should a birdbath be?
Be sure the water is only about an inch (2.5 cm) to an inch-and-a-half (3.8 cm) deep. 3. Toss in a few large pebbles or a flat stone. These will give the birds confidence to enter the water because it will help them judge how deep the water is.
