How to Gardening Fun With Secured Garden Ornaments

Most think about the yard either for themselves or for simple curb appeal. Here is a secure idea for your ornaments, so they don't end up missing when you come home from work.

Long handle shovel and a short garden spade shovel.
Hand held cultivator
Gloves or maybe not
Ornament that can be secured unnoticeably
Double hole brick
Existing or new plant
1/2 Inch cable including plastic sleeve.
Clay soil treatment only if needed. Comes in a bag and looks like fertilizer.
Jug of juice or water

Instructions

- 1
  
  Cultivate the area by removing roots of old dead we-don't-wants and tossing all that guck into the trash. Fertilizer that breaks up clay soils is a fantastic helper to cultivate with, just don't over do it.
- 2
  Take a break and have a drink.
- 3
  
  Smooth out the area with a rake, by using it as a pick axe to break up clumps, then smoothing with a light sweep with the forks and don't walk on it. You don't want to compact the soil.
- 4
  Take a break and have a drink.
- 5
  
  Hopefully you have enough space to stage both a plant and the ornament from the wall for this step. Plant the plant via instructions from the store, but at least about 1 foot from the wall or fence.
- 6
  Take a break and have a drink.
- 7
  Once that is done, don't wait for the plant to grow too big. Dig a hole behind it, between the house wall and the plant, but avoid the roots. Do this by using a hand gardening shovel. This hole will be used for placing that brick into, but make sure you have about 36 inches of cable to weave through the hole so that both ends of the cable are sticking up through both holes of the brick.
- 8
  Take a break and have a drink.
- 9
  Now put the dirt back in the surrounding open areas of the brick so it is not visible to the eye, but don't get any dirt inside of the brick. Put the excess dirt evenly on an area that can use it.
- 10
  Take a break and have a drink.
- 11
  
  The ornament you use is up to you, but remember that it needs to be visible enough through the growing season of the plant or all efforts will be waisted. The cable should be long enough to secure the brick and your ornament together. You may need extra depending on the size of your ornament. But after that is done, slide the tie ends down through the 2 holes so they are not visible.
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  Take a break and have a drink.

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