• Jeremy Rundle
  • 14 Mar 2023 7:03 PM
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Attracting birds

I was advised that by turning part of my garden (a small one front and rear) into a nature "reserve" hey ambition...............   it would attract birds.

To be green I bought a battery Einhell mower (just not enough to do the job one battery), and have bought and sewn these.

I assume by attracting insects it in turn attracts birds

  • ItisaRobbo
    Silly question, but from the photos, I can only really see grass/moss. Was an area cleared for the seeds you sowed?
  • Jeremy Rundle

    They were just spread the same time, they take time to grow, we shall see

  • ItisaRobbo

    In reply to Jeremy Rundle:

    Ok, but I am sure those seeds came with instructions. It'll be interesting to see if anything crops up.
  • ItisaRobbo

    Out of curiosity, in case they've been mis-sold, I've had a look online at the instructions. For the second and third packs, the first two instructions are the following, which is what I was hoping to see.....

    1. PREPARE
    Firstly, we must prepare the area we want the final flower display.
    Choose a nice sunny spot in the garden, maybe in garden borders, in front of garden fences, or even in large patio planters.
    Remove any stones, weeds and debris from the soil.

    2. RAKE
    Once the soil is free from debris, rake over to break up the clumps and prepare the growing medium for the seeds.
    Ideally rake the soil to a depth of 2.5 - 4 cm, keeping the excess soil to one side to cover the seeds later.

  • Germain

    In reply to ItisaRobbo:

    Good luck - I have experimented with the bombs because I can and have had mixed success - chucked into grass and left to fend has had the poorest result as the seed struggled to compete with the existing grass. I am currently prepping my areas I'm late this year but hopefully everything will balance out - I'll be mowing right down to scalp - raking all the grass up, removing brambles and anything I don't want in that area like the huge scotch thistles and cow parsley (they are allowed else where) - scuffing the surface thoroughly and then sow the seed - I'll tread it in as well - fingers are then firmly crossed the wood pigeons and pheasant don't scoff too much. It's much more labor intensive than people realise

    Cin J

  • Jeremy Rundle
    No

    As I was told by a gardener at an "open house"

    "look at all the natural woodland, pastures, no seeds in nature fall on open prepared ground"
  • ItisaRobbo

    In reply to Jeremy Rundle:

    Jeremy Rundle said:
    No

    As I was told by a gardener at an "open house"

    "look at all the natural woodland, pastures, no seeds in nature fall on open prepared ground"

    That is true. However, no seeds in nature fall on a lawn of moss/rye grass either. You also don't have the supply of seed nature has. Huge amounts of 'weed seeds' or tree seeds etc, fails.