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Birdbaths

Video, Lawn and Garden, Furniture & Accessories Published 07/15/2006 by Danny Lipford

A birdbath makes a great addition to your landscape, but the debris and algae they collect are far less than attractive. Here’s a tip for getting the bath clean and keeping it clean.

• Remove the leaves, debris and stagnant water.
• Spray out as much gunk as possible with a garden hose.
• Mix up a mild bleach solution and use a stiff scrub brush to clean the bath (this will kill the algae and remove the stains it leaves behind).
• Thoroughly rinse the bath out with clean, fresh water.
• Finally drop several copper pennies into the refilled bath to prevent future algae growth (the chemical reaction between copper and water stops algae growth).