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Method #1
When that part
is dry, glue a 1/2 inch copper pipe cap onto the middle of the bottom
of the saucer.
Use a wood dowel
or a piece of copper pipe for the stand that goes into the ground.
Poke the
dowel/pipe into the ground between the flowers and then slip the tea
cup feeder onto the top. |
Method #2
I have now started using a bud
vase turned upside down with the saucer and cup glued onto it.
A dowel/rod is pushed into the ground or flower pot and the vase is
slipped over the top of it.
This makes it much easier to
clean out the tea cup feeder. With the other method I had
to remove the whole piece of dowel/rod from the ground, clean the
cup, and then be able to place it back into the same hole without
pushing too hard on the cup and saucer. With the extrememly
hot, dry summer we have been having it is hard to get anything into
the ground. |
Method #3
Instead of a budvase I have
also used a coloured bottle with some flat sided gems added.
This also makes it much easier
to clean out the tea cup feeder.
You could use any type of
coloured bottles. In the back ground you can see the original
teacup feeded I made on the copper pipe. I think using a bottle
or bud vase makes it a more interesting piece of garden art.
By making the teacup feeder
this way (bottle or budvase) I can just slip it off, clean the
feeder, and slip it back over the piece of dowel/rod. |
