Garden Gazing Globe/Ball Fetish?

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  1. cajunbelle

    cajunbelle Daylily Diva

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    If you are going to use them outside I would use GE Silicone II for Windows and Doors. I don't know about the bowls and vases.
     
  2. Sherry8

    Sherry8 I Love Birds!

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    I love gazing balls. I don't put them all out at the same time because I have a smaller yard now . I did have someone give me a purple bowling ball that I keep on a wrought iron stand...it is just too windy here most of the time in our backyard for the gazing balls..

    I had an acorn fall at the other place and put a hole in a gazing ball....I had just moved it to that spot but the acorns fall from so--------high. RUINED...

    Did you see what I did at Christmas with one of my gazing balls ? I just put lights inside of it...

    I have about 1/2 a dozen stands that are all wrought iron...they were more expensive than the balls...


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  3. bsewnsew

    bsewnsew Hardy Maple

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    Your red ball looks so pretty ......
    Line the driveway with them.
     
  4. kuntrygal

    kuntrygal Texas Rose

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    D2D, where do you purchase your gazing balls? You said they were reasonably priced. Is it a chain store (that might be in Texas also). WalMart has some for $10.00, but only in blue and silver (good Dallas Cowboy colors ~ ha-ha! :rolleyes: ). Hob-Lob has lots of them, but I don't call their prices good, :eek: unless you catch them at 50% off. Then they are $15.00! I guess I should try Dollar General and Family Dollar. 8)
     



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  5. toni

    toni Mistress of Garden Junque Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    Kuntrygal, do you have a Big Lots in Lufkin? That's where I got a really nice green one and two pedestals, one for the ball and one I need to paint and put a planter on. I got them on sale in Aug, but I think the ball was $10 before the sale and they had several colors.
     
  6. kuntrygal

    kuntrygal Texas Rose

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    Yes, we do! Don't know why I didn't think of them. Have found some really neat things there. Thanks, Toni ;)
     
  7. Palm Tree

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    I know that feeling

    Those gazing balls are amazing - Sherry that is lovely.
    D2D that niece of yours is a lovley child and that other little one, I am sure, will love it too.
     
  8. bsewnsew

    bsewnsew Hardy Maple

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    They make the yard look like christmas all year around..
    Looks cute.

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  9. kaseylib

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    kuntrygal Texas Rose

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    I got another gazing ball at Hobby Lobby (1/2 price). :smt026 It is a small one,and looks like stained glass mosaic. They also had some beautiful ones, different from solid colors they have had in the past. One was white pearlized with white opaque swirls on it, all colors of translucent with different colored flecks of color. I could have gone crazy, but my friend stopped me :rolleyes:
     
  11. dirt2diamonds

    dirt2diamonds In Flower

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    Sorry out of the loop for a while. The new place that I found is Hobby Lobby and the selection is great and my Hubby bought me a globe ( I still have to pick it out and purchase it[got the cash for it] for valentine's day. It is what I desired most. I don't know what color to get. I want a red one too. There are so many to choose from.
     
  12. kuntrygal

    kuntrygal Texas Rose

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    D2D, the gazing balls may be on sale this week for 50% off. Then you could get 2 :p
     
  13. trencher

    trencher New Seed

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    PVC pipe would make a great stand it is paintable and you can get defferent size pipe for defferent size gazing balls.
     
  14. dirt2diamonds

    dirt2diamonds In Flower

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    What a wonderfully outragous suggestion to us a PVC pipe. Wow the stew people got it going on in the brain department. I think I will have to do at least one stand out of PVC pipe and it would be SWEET to get two globes for half price.
     

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