Nature Products like canvass totes, bird calls, BodyCool Neck Wrap and more!

	When we're young, things at eye-level typically attract our attention. But we find most adults are looking for more than just those things that smack us between the eyes. Especially shoppers using the internet. The most common question we hear: "Where is ___?" Well, there are several ways to find what you seek. Products are grouped into several broad categories - see the menu bar above or check out Buddy Brand, our host at the "brand name index". feeders, bird seed, and houses books and gifts jewelry, Burt's Bees and Carruth Studios garden and kids' things Several popular items which do not fall into those groups, such as BodyCool cooling neck wrap, soothing Herbal Concepts, binoculars, and more stuff too cool to categorize are shown below.
	Hand-crafted Brooms Many of the Ogles' "honeysuckle" broom handles have unique hand-carved features. Large "honeysuckle" broom, $42.95 (temp. out of stock) Large wooden handled "kitchen" broom, $36.95 (temp. out of stock) Little "honeysuckle" broom (shown), $26.95 enlarged view of other styles >
Direct from Gatlinburg, Tennessee: handmade brooms, walking sticks, & hiking sticks - many with different carvings. The Ogle family started making these in the 1920's from straw and broom corn raised by family and neighbors, bindings crafted from the soft inner bark of poplar trees, and sturdy handles of laurel. Made in the USA brooms that looked as good as they swept! Because the broom handles are individually made, no two are alike. The broom corn is hand-bound and knotted both front and back unlike commerically available brooms.
Hiking sticks: each includes leather strap and rubber toe protector. To fit a walking cane: the cane should be the same height at your hand when your elbow is bent at a 90 degree angle. To re-size cane for a custom-fit: remove rubber toe guard, cut to length and then replace toe guard. >> Cedar Shavings GoodPlanet's cedar shavings & cedar chips. Cedar shavings are great for duck nesting boxes, bird nest houses, and bedding for small animals. 99¢ bag (about ½ lb.)	Hiking sticks & Walking sticks child's hiking stick, $14.95 adult hiking stick, $16.95; adult hiking stick with face carved, $42.95; adult hiking stick with compass in top (see enlarged view), $21.95 Root stock walking cane (shown) $18.95 enlarged view of other styles >
	Kitchen Composter Rated #1 by PBS America's Test Kitchen Kitchen Composter features a snap-locking lid, carbon filter, and a sturdy handle; large opening for easy filling and it may be rinsed and is dishwasher safe. It has a 2.4-gallon capacity, and is made out of recycled materials in Canada! Composter, $24.95; charcoal replacement filers, set of three, $9.95.
Relaxation products and accessories
made with pride in the USA: Lakewood, CO	All three styles are available in three colors of handsome silk brocade: Green Leaf, Longevity, Turquoise Blue.
	Therapeutic Eye Pillows Lay back and relax as soothing pressure is applied to the eyes and surrounding muscles. Duel sided and filled with an enticing, and long-lasting blend of lavender and flax seed. Can be heated or chilled for added comfort. Measure 3½” x 9½”. Print patterns: Green Leaf (top), Longevity (middle), and Turquoise Blue (bottom). $18.95 NOW 1/2 Off while supplies last attractive packaging for Therapeutic Eye Pillows
Eye Masks Lay back, escape the light and ease your transition into a well deserved deep and relaxing slumber. Eye Mask provides pure darkness while soothing your eyes with gentle uplifting pressure to reduce puffiness. Lightly scented with organic lavender blossoms which aid in relaxation and the prevention of headaches. Measures 7½” x 4”. Original print patterns, below - new print patterns (right): Green Leaf (top), Longevity (middle), and Turquoise Blue (bottom). $22.95 NOW 1/2 Off while supplies last

	Glee Gum - Vegetarian, Additive Free, Lactose Free, Dairy Free, Wheat Free, Gluten Free, Casein Free, Egg Free, Yeast Free, Nut Free, and Peanut Free. Glee Gum has: all natural ingredients, rice syrup instead of corn syrup, natural chicle, delicious, long-lasting, and popular flavors: tangerine, peppermint, cinnamon, spearmint and bubblegum. 18 pieces per package, $1.09 per pack. 5 packs or more: 99 cents each. [10 pack minimum when shipping web orders, please] happier people chewing happier gum . . . What are other chewing gum manufacturers using in their products? (Link to "about.com")
	Sugar-Free Glee Gum - All Natural - sweetened with 100% xylitol, a sugar alcohol made from birch bark. Xylitol is found naturally in the fibers of fruits and veggies like corn, raspberries and plums. It can help benefit dental health, fight cavities, reduce plaque, and even clear nasal passages. It's a safe choice for lots of folks on restricted diets. Sugar-Free Glee Gum is: Vegetarian, Additive Free, Lactose Free, Dairy Free, Wheat Free, Gluten Free, Casein Free, Egg Free, Yeast Free, Nut Free, Soy Free, Peanut Free, and Corn Free. $1.09 per pack. 5 packs or more: 99 cents each. *However, processed in facilities that may make other soy and corn products.
When you buy products with the international FAIRTRADE Mark, you make a positive difference for small-scale farmers and workers around the world. Products bearing the Mark meet the social, economic and environmental standards set by Fairtrade. Learn more >	We're proud to announce that all flavors of Glee Gum are certified kosher! Look for the seal of certification from the International Kosher Council to appear on boxes soon. Kosher foods comply with traditional Jewish dietary laws for preparation and processing. While many consumers keep kosher diets for religious reasons, an even larger number choose kosher foods because of their high standards of quality and food safety.
Pure Honey 16-ounce bottle, $5.50	We proudly offer a honey that is produced by a local Grand Blanc apiary (a place where beehives of honey bees are kept). Piper's Bees forage nectar and pollen from local wildflowers, trees, and gardens. Unlike most beekeepers, Piper's Bees avoid chemicals, anti-mite pesticides, antibiotics, medicines, supplements, or other such products in the bee hives. The only things put into the hives are wood, nails, beeswax, and bees! This honey is only warmed for bottling, and it has never been pasteurized. Pasteurizing honey denatures the natural proteins, pollens, and antigens found in natural raw honey. And by eating local raw honey with local pollens in it, allergy-sufferers can switch the types of antibodies they express to these antigens, and become desensitized to their allergies. After extraction, this honey is run through a simple straining cloth only, and allowed to separate naturally. No micron filters were used in the processing of this honey, because micron filters may remove the valuable pollens and complex proteins that are beneficial in local honey. 100% pure, local, organic, unpasteurized, lightly filtered, and raw. Just plain good! link to our favorite beekeeper's blog (other human-grade food-stuffs at JJ's: grape jelly)
	Honey Pots hold two pounds of honey. Available in green, blue, raspberry, and swirled (far left) and new "bizzy-bee" style, near left. Please specify pattern choice when ordering. Includes hardwood honey stick. Handmade by Joann Stratakos, from Stroudsburg, PA. $28.95 -- more stoneware mugs from Joann can be found on our "gifts page" >
Hot or cold
The BodyCool neck wrap is made of polyester and cotton and is filled with poly-crystals. By simply placing the neck wrap in clean water for approximately 30 minutes allowing the crystals to expand, produces an evaporative cooling system for the user when placed around the neck. The BodyCool cooling neck wrap lowers the body temperature by cooling the carotid arteries in the neck. The material may become warm against the skin but by simply rotating the wrap, the cooling effect is rejuvenated immediately! $12.95 See our current colors and designs.	Hot or Cold - simple instructions: For marvelous cooling, activate your neck wrap by soaking it in clean water...after 15 minutes crystals will begin to absorb the water and feel like a gel. Smooth out the gels and gently squish the neck wrap. Continue to soak for another 15 minutes (total of 30 minutes). Hold your BodyCool neck wrap at one end and gently squeeze out the excess water and place around your neck. Shortly, the neck wrap will no longer feel wet, but the cooling will continue for days. BodyCool neck wrap can also be used as an icepack - after soaking as described above, place in freezer for 30 minutes! To use as a hotpack activate (soak 15 min in clear cool water), then microwave for up to 30 seconds (or soak in hot water for 15 minutes). Test first to make sure the neck wrap is not too hot.

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other great products for nature lovers
Stop Window Strikes! Feather GuardTM - combines bright color, motion, and the birds' natural aversion to loose feathers. In nature loose feathers are often a sign that a bird has been killed by a predator. Wild birds know that loose feathers can mean danger, so they automatically avoid them. This makes FeatherGuard a more effective solution to a confounding problem, one that often occurs right in your own backyard. Attaches to window with suction cups (provided). See more information (right). Made USA. $8.95	• Tip - If your windows are very large, place multiple FeatherGuards to cover the reflective surface. One FeatherGuard for every three feet of glass should be sufficient. Attach FeatherGuard to window with suction cups provided on opposite ends of the glass surface, leaving some slack in the line so the feathers will dance in the breeze. Feather Guard™ $7.95
Warning Web by Droll Yankees Prevent birds from flying into windows with this static cling decal which mimics a sticky spider web -- a dangerous hazard that birds try to avoid. Placed on a window, this spider web decal has the same effect. Use two or more Warning Webs on large windows Model #WW2PK (2 per package) 8" square. Another swell product manufactured in the USA. $8.95	WindowAlertTM is a static-cling decal that may be applied to home and office windows. The decal contains a component which brilliantly reflects ultraviolet sunlight. This ultraviolet light is invisible to humans, but glows like a stoplight for birds. Maple Leaf Decals 4 static-cling maple leaf decals per envelope $8.95 Also available in snowflakes pattern, and hawk silhouette (below). Made in the USA! WindowAlert™ may be a small Oregon company - but is very mighty in helping you stop window strikes
	How it works: Birds enjoy sharper vision than humans. Birds can see certain light frequencies--including ultraviolet--that humans cannot see. In fact, many songbirds have feathers that reflect ultraviolet light. This light is used to communicate species, gender, and perhaps even social standing. Birds can see this ultraviolet light under normal, daylight conditions. Humans require the assistance of a black light.
Cardinal Alert by Window AlertTM Some highly territorial birds vigorously defend their territories and will even attack their own reflections in windows. They do this because they perceive their reflection to be an intruder. When a bird repeatedly attacks a window, it puts its own health and energy at risk. Window decal is designed to be placed along the bottom edge of problem windows, eliminating reflections form birds that mount their attack from a windowsill perch. Effective against Northern Cardinals, American Robins and other territorial birds who tend to land on window sills and ledges. One 48"x 6" static-cling decal strip $12.95 Made in USA!	Window AlertTM Hawk Silhouette WindowAlert is a decal that may be applied to home and office windows. The static-cling decal contains a component which brilliantly reflects ultraviolet sunlight. This ultraviolet light is invisible to humans, but glows like a stoplight for birds. Made in the USA! Two pack $8.95
Scare Tape Reflective Scarecrow Ribbon Holographic image creates moving reflection which frightens and deters birds. Three-quarters of an inch wide (.75") x 100 feet. $7.95	Bird Tape Birds cannot see glass, and as a result, hundreds of millions die each year in collisions with windows, many on homes like yours. Now there is a simple, practical, affordable solution: ABC Bird Tape. It is a self-adhesive tape designed and tested by bird experts at American Bird Conservancy to alert birds to the presence of glass while allowing you to see out the window from inside. It is easy to apply, easy to remove, lasts up to four years, ¾" wide, seventy-five feet long. $10.95
Two-way Mirror Film - You see the birds up close, but they cannot see you! Film clings to your window with removable glue spots. 20” x 10”, made in the USA. (left) $13.95	Tanglefoot Repellent - Bird, critter, and insect repellent! For repelling starlings, and house sparrows from nesting in and on structures. May also be used to repel insects when applied as a bead around foundations. 10-ounce tube (used with a caulking gun), $11.50; 5½ -ounce squeeze tube, $8.50
to top Please respect our minimum web-order: $10 plus shipping.	Bird-B-Gone Hawk Decoy 15" tall - this hawk decoy can be an effective tool to repel pests because hawks are natural predators that usually hunt during the day, unlike owls, who usually hunt at night. Mount to any flat surface by filling with sand or hung by using the eyelet on the head. Move decoy periodically to increase effectiveness and use along with other deterrent methods. $18.95 Rotating Head Horned-Owl - this 18" tall owl features a rotating-head that bobs and turns. Use to keep your Feathered Friends out of undesired areas such as balconies, car ports and stoops; provides maximum garden protection. $34.95
the original Audubon Bird Call - simple device ideal for attracting a variety of species. How does it work? Twist the birchwood roller on the zinc plug, and an audible "squeak" resonates. With reasonable care, and periodic re-application of rosin from the included capsule, the bird call will last a lifetime. Still just $7.95 in simple blister pak; $10.95 gift boxed. Gift wrap optional - and no extra charge.	Roger Eddy created the bird call after seeing similar devices used in northern Italy. Eddy, man with pipe, is shown here with family and friends assembling the Audubon Bird Call by hand in his living room in 1951. Ever since then the Audubon Bird Call has been crafted by hand in New England and is now considered the standard bird call throughout the world. Roger died in 2003. Today Roger's grandchildren are proud to continue this remarkable family business.
LoonTuneTM - The LoonTune will spin to make a sound similar to the wail and tremolo sound of the Common Loon. Birch handles, nylon cord. Made in the USA. $14.95 temp out of stock hear a sample of the sound (click button on new screen that opens)	see also: JJ Cardinal's Bird Call Kit - shown on our Kids & Kits Page >>

Alpen Magnaview Waterproof Binocular Set Offers great quality, value, and performance. Features: 10x Magnification 42mm objective lens (superior light gathering capability), waterproof/fogproof BAK4 high index glass (for a bright image), long eye relief (great for eyeglass wearers). Fully coated optics for a bright color-corrected image. Twist-up eyecups, rubber coating (for holding comfort and shock resistance). Includes neck strap and carrying case and Alpen lifetime warranty against manufacture defects! Designed in the USA. $119.95	Alpen Pro 8x25 Wide Angle Binoculars - waterproof - hermetically sealed to assure your binoculars are not affected by rain, mist, snow, or ocean spray. Features an ergonomic comfort-fit grip for "slip free" gripping in wet conditions. BAK4 optics for clear, bright, high resolution images, Multi-coated optics, Long eye relief, ergonomic styling for tireless use and comfort. Rubber armoring for protection and durability with fold down eye cups. Includes carrying case, extra wide neck strap, and ALPEN's lifetime warranty (direct thru Alpen). $89.95
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Care Free Ensures Sparkling Clear Water - Naturally
	Care Free Birdbath Protector - from Song Bird Essentials - contains natural enzymes that safely break down organic contaminants. When used as directed there are no restrictions for birds or other wildlife. This product is Non-toxic, bacteria free, and biodegradable... making it environmentally friendly. Safe for stone, copper, plastic, cement birdbaths. 4 oz. $9.95
Care Free Enzymes Pond Protector - designed for ponds up to 1,000 gallons; made from natural enzymes and formulated for multi-component filtration systems providing a safe, natural way to break down organic contaminants. Pond Protectors help keep aeration pumps and water lines free from buildup for maximum efficiency. One capful treats 100 gallons of pond water. 32.9 oz. $42.95 [For more information, see our article on summer bird bath care]	Fountain Protector - Designed for fountains 1-10 gallons. Use weekly. Add 1 capful per five gallons; 1/2 capful per 2-3 gallons; 1/4 capful per 1 gallon. For tabletop fountains only a couple of drops. 4oz $9.95
Feeder Fresh - Keep your wild bird feeder dry, healthy, and mold-free with Feeder Fresh bird-safe moisture trap and seed preservative. Fights rain, condensation, leaks, and humidity to keep your feed fresh. 9-ounce bottle, $9.95	Hummingbird and Oriole Feeder Cleaner by Care Free Enzymes - Uniquely formulated to clean glass, acrylic, plastic, and ceramics, and will treat the hard, dark water scum build up often seen inside hummingbird feeders. This cleaner will unclog dripper tubes while preventing scum and waterline rings. All-purpose, all-surface, grime and dirt remover comprised of a unique blend of natural enzymes that are 100% biodegradable. May be used indoors or outdoors; 16-ounces, $13.25 Birdbath Statuary Cleaner (not shown) $13.25
Seed and Hull Digester - by Care Free Enzymes Protects birds from unwanted parasites and e-coli bacteria. Birdfeeders: Grounds beneath feeders are highly contaminated from bird droppings, organic contaminants, parasites and e-coli bacteria from molded birdseed. A simple spray will remove these harmful contaminants. Birdseed, hulls and other organic materials are quickly decomposed by the natural enzymes, digesting them down into basic components that are easily absorbed into the environment. Attach bottle to a water hose, turn it on and spray for 20-30 seconds under your feeders. Care Free suggests re-applying Seed & Hull Digester every two weeks. 32 oz. $12.95	Scoot Bird Feeder Cleaner Scoot Bird Feeder Cleaner offers POWER ACTION for wood, metal, glass, and plastic feeders. This concentrate makes up to 14 gallons (53 liters) of POWER DIP. Protect the well being of our feathered friends by establishing a clean bird feeding environment. The fast acting, powerful, enzyme based formula restores feeders to look almost new again! It is strong enough to remove stubborn bird droppings and safe for use on all types of feeders. Advantages: 100% Non-toxic; environmentally safe and biodegradable. Won't harm the birds. Great Results. 14 ounces, $11.95
Brushes - The Perfect Little Brush (aka: PLB) perfect for tiny spaces, 3½” long. $1.25 Test tube brush by Holland Hill, 9” long. $5.95	Pantry Pest TrapTM by Safer Attracts male grain moths, flour moths, meal moths, and seed moths. One trap covers 1,000 sq. ft. for approximately 3-months. Contains a patented controlled time release pheromone lure. Pesticide-free, non-toxic. 2-pack. $10.95
More Brushes >>	Long Feeder Cleaner Brush - Made in USA by Wildlife Accessories. 24" long: $5.95
Our selection of Burt's Bees natural personal care products is so extensive, we've created a page it can call it's own. Follow the link for detailed product information. Burt's Bees Hand Salve is copyright of Burts Bees Inc.	We carry a variety of amazingly strong suction cups - more info >>

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