This one is made from bamboo stakes. You can get them
at your garden center in a bundle to use as tomatoe
stakes. All you have to do is tie them together at the
top with garden twine or wire. Use any kind of hollow
sphere with a hole in one end and stick the ends of
the stakes into it to help steady it and decorate the
top. Stand it up over a pot or in your flower bed to
support tall flowers or vines. The cost is little to
nothing if already have the materials in your garage
or shed.
This obelisk is beautiful and very simple
too. You can paint it any color you like to match your
garden or house. Again you can use tomatoe stakes or
just buy some 1x1 cedar or pine board in whatever length
you want the height to be. Cedar will last alot longer
in the ground. I am sure you have an old clay pot you
can paint and put on the top after you have tied or
wired the stakes together. If not any small pot will
work and then you use outdoor glue or liquid nail to
hold a painted wooden finial on the top to dress it
up! I have found bags of wooden finials and odd pieces
of wood in the craft stores to use in the garden.
You can just use your imagination to make
all kinds of interesting obelisks for your garden! I
have one that I made out of 4-7ft.joints of 3/4 in.cooper
pipe I found at a yard sale. I drilled holes in the
top and wired it together so the wire wouldn't slip
off. I also wired on some cross pieces I had cut out
of another joint. At the top I mounted an old blue glass
telephone insulator I had collected and couldn't find
a use for. It looks beautiful with a pink jasmine climbing
through it!
Just get out there and give your garden
a little height and beauty whether it is on the patio
in a pot or in the garden with your vegetables! Enjoy
yourself and have fun in the garden!
Garden
of Friendship
Granmommie's
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