Create Your Own Garden Paradise - By: Chris Robertson

More and more Americans are realizing that their own homes and backyard gardens can be the paradises they are looking for. As travel becomes too expensive and too inconvenient-with delays, traffic, security checks, and weather problems-homeowners are turning to their own homes as sources of relaxation and fun. All it takes is flowers and garden accessories to turn your outdoor space into your own personal heaven.

First of all, you want to attract friendly wildlife into your garden. There is no better way to do that than with bird feeders. Different birds like different kinds of food and favor specific shapes and styles of feeders. Tubes of red-colored sweet liquid bring hummingbirds to sip the nectar. Chickadees like seeds; you can watch them husk sunflower seeds before they eat them. Woodpeckers prefer suet, which provides both fat and protein.

Many hardware stores and garden centers carry a variety of tube and suet feeders, as well as birdhouses. If you want to be creative you can make your own, or you can buy bird feeders that look like barns, parrots, angels or houses and birdhouses that look like churches, garden statues, or even gas stations.

The birds bring life to your garden during the day. You can carry the feeling of life and the energy of light into the evening with solar lights. Solar lights collect the power of the sun during the day, and produce light when the sun goes down. You can use solar lights for safety and security and to create just the right atmosphere in your paradise garden. They are ideal for areas without access to electrical power.

You can light up a path by placing solar lights shaped like mushrooms in the ground every few feet. Top your fence posts with solar fence post lights and you have instant lighting. Solar lights vary in their power and length of service. A typical life for the LED bulbs they use is 100,000 hours. The rechargeable batteries last about two years and can be replaced.

Candles complement solar lights, providing a feeling that nothing but that flickering light can bring. For an international flare, try a Moroccan or Asian candle lantern. Or let an elephant sculpture hold your candle. Tee lights placed along the edges of a deck create an intimate and welcoming atmosphere.

Nothing is as soothing as the sound of water. No matter how big or small your garden is you can find a fountain to fit. You can place a wall fountain on the side of the house or tuck a cherub fountain in with the plants.

Another way to get enjoyable sound into the garden is with chimes. While there's nothing wrong with putting wind chimes in the house, they are perfect additions to an outdoor living space. The sound they make depends on their size and the material they are made from. Acrylic chimes, for example, will sound very different from aluminum or ceramic chimes.

Let your imagination be your guide as you create your own garden paradise.

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