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Unlike most pet retailers, BackyardDecorativeBirdhouses.com serves a specific purpose: to help people spice up their backyards and gardens by bringing in beautiful birds. The year-and-a-half old site has a unique selection, as well as a brand new blog.
Hebron, OH (PRWEB) November 27, 2008 — When Donald and Laura Slater started with a simple goal on improving his farm, who knew it would lead to the driving force for developing his own businesses?
“We’ve always been interested in making our yard look better,” began Donald Slater. “We live on an 80-acre farm and I feel like we have our own paradise.”
We live on an 80-acre farm and I feel like we have our own paradise.
In 2007, the Slaters started up their own company and one of the focuses they have are birdhouses. Having launched in May 2007, www.BackyardDecorativeBirdhouses.com features a host of beautifully crafted birdhouses and birdfeeders, which can be a crucial piece for anyone with a backyard - big or small.
Offering competitive pricing and having a unique catalog, BackyardDecorativeBirdhouses.com is miles ahead of their competition in big box retailers. The site offers a brand of eco-friendly birdhouses.
“One of the brands we carry, Barnwood, makes their birdhouses from recycled barn wood,” explained Slater. “It’s a very neat and environmentally sound concept.”
Slater enjoys Barnwood enough to have a few specials available with the purchase of them.
Alongside his unique products, Slater has recently launched a new blog, www.IdeasForYourBackyard.com. “It will have some very broad information about birds, such as how to care for a bird, how to start bird watching and how to care for your birdhouses and birdfeeders,” he said.
As the site continues to grow and evolve, Slater intends to add more birdhouses and feeders to his catalog: “We’re always looking for new suppliers.” And though styles may change, one thing that will never stop being chic is the care of a beautiful backyard. This is a fact that Donald Slater is attuned to, after all, it’s part of his upbringing.
“My father was a botanist,” Slater said. “He was always bird watching and he always had birdhouses. It’s the reason why we got into this type of business.”
About the Company:
BackyardDecorativeBirdhouses.com is a part of Backyard Lifestyles, Inc, which is owned and operated by Donald and Laura Slater. The company also includes a water fountain website and garden décor website.
Contact Information:
Donald Slater
www.BackyardDecorativeBirdhouses.com
(800) 615-2598
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www.iePlexus.com
Endangered bird hops to rescue of nudist beach
Thursday, 25 September 2008
Qinetiq had received planning permission to develop its flats on Eastney beach on the condition they widen an access road leading to the land. But at a special meeting of the city council earlier this week, protesters successfully pushed the council to carry out a further environmental study to see if the flats will endanger the bird’s natural habitat.
As a result, the warbler may soon discover its safest haven is in the company of naked humans.
In 1948 Lawrence Schlottman built a 720-square foot home in Portland, Oregon. Mr. Schlottman lived in the home for 54 years until his death in 2002. The elderly man was known as the Birdman by locals because of his passion for the animals of the same name. During the last few years of his life Mr. Schlottman was visited often by a crow that regularly came around his house to eat from one of the many bird feeders. When the gentleman passed away in 2002 he left his entire estate to the crow. The house then became known as the “Birdhouse.”In 2003 the group Save the Birdhouse obtained the property from the Portland Audubon Society. Over the years the property has suffered some deterioration, but it’s mostly in its original condition.