Backyard 101: Extra Fence Posts Laying Around?

It's been a while since I posted something with specific ties to backyard projects and tinkering.  I had some extra fence boards laying around that I hadn't made more birdhouse boxes with.  At the same time, I just planted some trees and I needed something quick to keep the grass at bay around them and the weedeater a safe distance from those delicate trunks.  So I put two and two together.

Of course, you know I had to fancy them up somehow.  I decided to go with a barn red color and did some distressing on them to give them some extra age so they don't look like "new tennis shoes" out in the yard.