Bird Houses

Our backyard is a sanctuary. For us and for our feathered friends. We love to watch the birds eat, bathe and play as well as listen to them sing.
Providing the birds with a place to nest or rest is one way to help bring the birds to your backyard. You can make it fun for your family by choosing bird houses that go with your decor.

Garden of Eden

While reflecting in our little "Garden of Eden" I see a Noah's Ark Birdhouse and think about the days of long ago. The supposed simplier life. We often think how difficult it must have been....having to gather seeds, berries and nuts. You couldn't just walk into a store a buy what you wanted. How simple is that?
Yet the little birds that visit us do have such a life. They have come to expect that we will take care of them by providing shelter, a bite to eat and a place to rest.

Loving Squirrels

Do you love having those squirrels in your backyard cleaning out your birdfeeders daily (hourly)? If you are prepared to go to war I can give you several ideas on how to keep the seed in your feeders.

You might try one thing and it will work for awhile and then you will have to change your strategy and try something else.Lets start with squirrels are lazy and if you give them what they desire where they can get to it easily, they will leave your feeders alone (for a while). Try putting some of there favorite foods on the ground away from the bird feeder, They like peanuts, sunflower seeds and corn.

When this approach quits working we will try another.

Stay tuned

Press Release for Backyard LifeStyles, Inc.

Unlike most pet retailers, BackyardDecorativeBirdhouses.com serves a specific purpose: to help people spice up their backyards and gardens by bringing in beautiful birds. The year-and-a-half old site has a unique selection, as well as a brand new blog.

Hebron, OH (PRWEB) November 27, 2008 -- When Donald and Laura Slater started with a simple goal on improving his farm, who knew it would lead to the driving force for developing his own businesses?

"We've always been interested in making our yard look better," began Donald Slater. "We live on an 80-acre farm and I feel like we have our own paradise."

We live on an 80-acre farm and I feel like we have our own paradise.

In 2007, the Slaters started up their own company and one of the focuses they have are birdhouses. Having launched in May 2007, www.BackyardDecorativeBirdhouses.com features a host of beautifully crafted birdhouses and birdfeeders, which can be a crucial piece for anyone with a backyard - big or small.

Offering competitive pricing and having a unique catalog, BackyardDecorativeBirdhouses.com is miles ahead of their competition in big box retailers. The site offers a brand of eco-friendly birdhouses.

"One of the brands we carry, Barnwood, makes their birdhouses from recycled barn wood," explained Slater. "It's a very neat and environmentally sound concept."

Slater enjoys Barnwood enough to have a few specials available with the purchase of them.

Alongside his unique products, Slater has recently launched a new blog, www.IdeasForYourBackyard.com. "It will have some very broad information about birds, such as how to care for a bird, how to start bird watching and how to care for your birdhouses and birdfeeders," he said.

As the site continues to grow and evolve, Slater intends to add more birdhouses and feeders to his catalog: "We're always looking for new suppliers." And though styles may change, one thing that will never stop being chic is the care of a beautiful backyard. This is a fact that Donald Slater is attuned to, after all, it's part of his upbringing.

"My father was a botanist," Slater said. "He was always bird watching and he always had birdhouses. It's the reason why we got into this type of business."

About the Company:

BackyardDecorativeBirdhouses.com is a part of Backyard Lifestyles, Inc, which is owned and operated by Donald and Laura Slater. The company also includes a water fountain website and garden décor website.

Contact Information:

Donald Slater

www.BackyardDecorativeBirdhouses.com

(800) 615-2598

iePlexus, Inc.

www.iePlexus.com

On a cold winter night in 2008,

On a cold winter night in 2008,
the backyard was quiet, and that‘s great.

The bird houses were hung in the trees with great care,

in hopes that our friends would stay warm again this year.

The birds were nestled all snug in their huts,

with visions of full feeders, even cracked nuts.

Mama in her nightgown, and I in my shorts,

had just settled our down to watch a show of some sort.

When out in the backyard, we heard the birds singing,

I jumped from the couch to see what was happening.

Away to the doorway I tripped and I stumbled,

threw open the door, and just started to mumble.

The moon on the KOI pond showed the new-fallen snow,

so bright was the lighted pathway, showing stepping stones aglow.

My eyes went to a statue, standing tall and so proud,
when, what to my wondering eyes should appear,

but a chimenea with a warm fires glow.

On the limb of the hawthorn, a chickadee appeared,
He was on a mission, there was no doubt.
He whistled and screeched, then flew all about.
"Now Cardinal! Now Swallow!

Now, Finch and Barn Owl!

Come Woodpecker! Come, Martin!

Come Blue Birds, come all!

To the feeders on the table!

To the feeders on the lawn!
There are even sunflower seeds all over the ground!”

The birds were all singing and eating some thistle,
While others at the pond were wetting their whistle,

When all the seed was gone they flew to their houses,
Staying warm through the night they like their birdhouses.

Tomorrow I will feed them again, and all through the winter!
Our birds are like family, we love them around.
Singing and whistling their own unique sounds.
Keep your friends feed, and treat them like family,
Next year they’ll be back and you’ll be there envy!

"Warm Winter to all, and to all a good night!"

Green Birdhouses from recycled wood

When looking on a web search for green birdhouses all I could find were paper houses. I like the birdhouses made out of recycled barn wood for several reasons.
There are so many birds today looking for a nesting place, so along the creek line I like to put up several bird houses a year and it is a very overgrown area. To be able to get back and clean these often is very time consuming. What would happen if I never got back to these houses?
Placing birdhouses made of recycled wood along the creek, they will last because of the weathered wood and also over an extended period of time they will deterioate back into the ground to help the soil unlike many metal or modern houses with a varnish or stain.