Re: Birdbath question

At 06:08 PM 11/14/00 -0800, you wrote:
>I agree with your husband.  I have a concrete birdbath that has gone
>through six winters without being emptied, and it shows no ill effects.
>
>Pete Postlewaite
>Northern IL Z5
I had a treasured birdbath that went through five or six winters. The
seventh it crumbled into small chunks. The pedestal was still good, but the
fashion for making birdbath bowls had changed the way it set on a pedestal,
so we have a lovely blank pedestal. If my gardens were better suited for
it, I'd install a gazing ball.  I think whether or not a birdbath will
survive depends mostly on the way it's made.  A "pour it yourself" concrete
place used extra wet mix to make garden stepping stones and birdbaths.  I
bought a birdbath and pedestal really cheap from them  ($10),and when I
unloaded the pedestal from my pickup, it broke in half (there was no sire
or supporting stuff inside).  Disgusted, I set the halves of the pedestal
at the edge of the flower bed, and set the bath on the ground next to them.
I like it this way.  Looks like ancient ruins. Birds and squirrels love to
jump up on the upright part of the broken pedestal and look around.
California quail love the bath on the ground, and although she overflows
it, our visiting mallard mama squats down in it in spring.  Margaret L
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