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Around this time each year I start to catalog what needs to be done around the yard and garden before it gets hot and buggy. This includes things like mulching and preparing for those inevitable weeds to start showing themselves, making sure the trimmer and lawn mower are good to go – literally, etc., etc.

But a few want-to do things always creep in like adding more garden color in drab locations by adding a few bulbs, finishing projects started but not completed like the patio, or maybe adding a few new what I call “special points of interest.”

These can either be a new birdbath or gazing ball, or a planting of herbs, or maybe a new edging, border or flagstone walking path. Time and money availability will usually impact these decisions so here’s a chance to get some quick, inexpensive, and new ideas for Spring/Summer 2013.

I like this Cape Hatteras light house as a garden structure. This amazing yard and garden lighthouse replica is meticulously handcrafted from synthetic stucco and masonry over a solid foam core making it virtually impervious to the elements. Includes decorative windows with curtains and a highly detailed six panel door.

Hand-painted with industrial marine paint to replicate the actual lighthouse in North Carolina, these are the finest quality lawn lighthouses on the market today. The lighthouse illuminates a soft continuous light or you can upgrade to a rotating beacon or to a solar-powered beacon.

Available in 5″, 8″ and 12″ high sizes.

These unique garden gazing globes contain luminescent crystals that absorb sunlight during the day and then emit a soft green glow at night for up to four hours. (I’ll be interested to see what the local geese think of these!)

Beautiful during the day too! Hand-blown glass.

Size: 10″ Diameter. Stand not included but you can find it here.

Check out Exterior Accents for hundreds of other ideas for your new season “want-to” additions to your yard and garden! They have a 10% off sale going on right now…