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pkthomas
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Adding a Bird Feeder to Vegetable Garden: Brillance or Stupidity?
Comments (27)I feed em and bathe em. Took a while to find the right place for the feeder. I hang mine off a tall skinny metal pole and there is a horizontal 5 foot piece of skinny bamboo that is stuck on there for a landing perch. You want a place where they can sneak up on the feeder through branches and cover and where such branches and cover are so thick down low that it makes it nearly impossible for a cat to get at them. And you want a place where any fallen seed cannot germinate. Seeds fall onto shaded ground with lots of overhead competition. A bath you can put anywhere. My favorite is just a 12 inch plant saucer that sits on a bench and is visible from the TV room. You can watch them fly down and jump in and out, especially when it gets hot outside. Pool party!...See MoreSquirrels have drunken party & destroy bird feeder
Comments (16)Poor, poor Sis. I understand her delima, bless her heart. We Southern Baptist 'have our story and we're stickin' to it.' LOL Tell Sis that they make some wonderful stuff for medicinal purposes. You mix it with honey and crushed up peppermint. Oh, my...I'm feelin' a bit feverish. I do believe I feel a cough comin' on....See MoreBird Feeder In The Rose Garden? Black Oil Seed Hulls?
Comments (16)I'm with Mike on this. I would not allow the seed hulls of black oil sunflowers to collect under the feeders if I wanted plants to grow well there, from personal experience. At one point in my life, I went a bit off the deep end with a row of bird feeders hanging off the edge of my side porch. The hulls made a lovely mulch, several inches deep. I had noticed that no weeds grew under there (with the exception of a few volunteer sunflowers) but when I began to realize that the flowering shrubs were not doing well I did some research and found the same information that Mike mentions about there being toxic compounds in the shells. I raked out the beds thoroughly and the shrubs seemed to take off after that. Anecdotal perhaps, but I'm convinced....See MoreIs it common for humming bird feeders to drip?
Comments (14)I found a solution that has kept my feeders from dripping and attracting yellow jackets and other unwanted pests. This only works for Humzinger-style feeders (not the standard large flower, smaller feeders.) I bought pipe sealant in the hardware section of my grocery store; pipe sealant is non-toxic. I also bought a roll of plumber's tape--the really thin tape used to help pipes seal up. First I cleaned everything really well. Then popped out all of the flowers and slathered a bunch of I then slathered the pipe sealant around where the flowers go in--you want to use a really good amount--and pushed them back in. I then did the same where the top met the bottom "bowl". Next, I wrapped a generous amount of the plumber's tape around that same place to really seal it up. The pipe sealant comes in little tubes and is kind of like working with toothpaste and putty mixed together. (Note: It doesn't fully dry up. It's not supposed to.) The end result is somewhat ugly with the white tape and the white goop around the flowers, but it sufficiently not only stopped the yellow jackets from coming (they tried and tried, but finally stopped.) You will have to replace the tape and pipe sealant now and then around the base, as it expands and contracts with the day heating up and cooling off--and especially so if it's in direct sunlight like mine are. I have a lot of hummingbirds who come my way all summer and all winter (we have Anna's Hummingbirds here in Oregon, and they don't migrate), and they've been very happy about not having the yellow jackets scare them off in the warmer months....See Morelisa11310
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