Abstract: A practice device to practice baseball pitching has a home plate, and a batter dummy adjacent to the home plate so the pitcher can get accustomed to the presence of a batter. The batter dummy has marks to indicate the strike zone. The batter dummy can be shortened or lengthened to suit the pitcher and to give wide experience. The dummy is inflatable for light weight and ease of installation; and, the dummy has three separately inflatable compartments so only a portion of the dummy must be inflated at one time. Portions of the dummy have accordion folded sections to change the length, and a strap to fix the length of the accordion folded section. The dummy is fixed to a mat by hook and loop fasteners, so the dummy can be placed as desired for training, the mat including the simulation of home plate.

Abstract: A pot cover covers the dirt in a flower pot, and locks to the pot to prevent scattering of the dirt and to prevent access by a small child or pet. The pot cover is a disk that is normally flat. The disk is split so the disk can be overlapped to cause the disk to become conical. The cover has water holes to allow adequate moistening of the soil. There is a hole in the cover for the stem of the plant, and the area surrounding the hole has easily removable rings to allow expansion of the hole. A skirt is attached to the cover, the skirt being adapted to be fixed to the pot. In one form, the skirt locks firmly around the perimeter of the pot. In another form, tabs on the skirt engage a lip of the pot.