{"id":2382,"date":"2025-05-12T16:19:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T20:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rt23.com\/hgjournal\/?p=2382"},"modified":"2025-06-29T22:13:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T02:13:17","slug":"bird-shrine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rt23.com\/hgjournal\/bird-shrine\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird Shrine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I call it a bird shrine but it is basically a frame for hanging wind chimes and hummingbird feeders. This year the posts rotted so I will be making a new frame to replace the old. These frames last about 8 years of being outdoors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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my old, broken bird shrine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Using seven pieces of inexpensive 1x2x96-inch furring strips, I made two bundles, four pieces for the uprights and three pieces for the cross members. I then cut three notches into the uprights and four notches into the cross pieces. I use a table saw to cut all the pieces at once. I assemble the uprights and cross pieces using the notches. I drill through the center and glue a dowel to peg the pieces together<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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notching multiple furring strips with a table saw<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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assembling notched pieces with dowels and glue<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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assembled frame<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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new Bird Shrine installed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I call it a bird shrine but it is basically a frame for hanging wind chimes and hummingbird feeders. This year the posts rotted so I will be making a new frame to replace the old. These frames last about … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[36,37,35],"class_list":["post-2382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nj_home_gardening","tag-decorative-outdoor-frame","tag-garden-art","tag-wind-chimes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rt23.com\/hgjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rt23.com\/hgjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rt23.com\/hgjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rt23.com\/hgjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rt23.com\/hgjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2382"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/rt23.com\/hgjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2420,"href":"https:\/\/rt23.com\/hgjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382\/revisions\/2420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rt23.com\/hgjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rt23.com\/hgjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rt23.com\/hgjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}