A Rhubarb Leaf + Cement = Bird Bath for $5 🌿

A giant rhubarb leaf from the vegetable patch and five dollars of quick-set cement makes a bird bath with more character than anything at the garden center. Place the leaf face-down on a mound of damp sand so it curves into a bowl shape, trowel wet cement thickly over the back, smooth it flat, and leave it overnight. The peel is the satisfying part — every vein and ridge presses into the pale grey concrete, dark in the grooves and pale on the ridges. A few coats of mossy sage paint with darker pigment worked into the veins, then set the casting on a short stone pedestal among coneflowers and black-eyed Susans. Within minutes of filling the bowl, a cardinal lands on the rim.

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🌿 Tools & materials in this video:
Quikrete Portland Cement 47lb (the cement used in towel-dipping projects): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OZH7BII/?tag=backyardproje-20
Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BackyardProjec

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6 Comments

@LUDMILA-LEBEDEVA 4 weeks ago

Замечательная идея, поилочка для пернатых! 😊
@ritavanstockeren6338 4 weeks ago

C'est très gentil, de penser à ces petits oiseaux. Ils doivent boire quand i fait un temps chaud surtout…..🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤
@Lkirno1406 4 weeks ago

🐤🐦🦜🪿🦆
@DoItYourself-BackyardProjects 1 week ago

🌿 Materials & tools in this video:
• Quikrete Portland Cement 47lb (the cement used in towel-dipping projects): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OZH7BII/?tag=backyardproje-20

(Some links earn the channel a small commission — at no extra cost to you.)
@Dahab-o3t 1 week ago

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