From Me to You.

     This is a little piece of my summer.  I live in a small farming community in Southeastern WA, far away from Seattle, rain, crowds and, unfortunately shopping.  My county has only three towns and I live in the largest one with around 6000 residents and 50 miles from our county seat.  
     I'm not much of an outdoor girl but in the spring I like to get out and plant a few flowers.  This is my floral birdhouse, a birthday gift from friends a few years ago.  To assemble, I pound big 16 penny nails into the roof-top.  I remove bedding plants from their plastic containers and firmly push root side down onto the nails.  Turn plants at different angles beginning at the top standing up, gradually turning sideways until hanging varieties are facing downward.  After they feel secure, cover all exposed area with natural Spanish moss, this will enable the plants to both hold moisture longer between watering and prevent soil from eroding.  
     I usually plant two varieties of birdhouses.  The other style is deeper in the bottom and the flowers are planted around the base rather than on the roof.  I use the exact same method, focusing more on the hanging variety flowers.  This one I hang in my tree.  Particularly the roof style wouldn't require a special birdhouse, nearly anyone would work.  But, if you decide to create one of your own, they require more flowers that you might think.  So, save yourself an extra trip to the store and buy more rather than less, or just count off spaces on your birdhouse roof and it will give you a good idea.
     Have a summer flower kind of day.