hi
im redoing my garden and i would like to see where some of you have placed your feeders in your gardens any chance some people could take some pictures and post them please
thanks
I tried the tops for the pop bottles a few years ago, but they didn't last long, as the squirrels wrecked them very quickly.
Wow Janet your tree is a fantastic inspiration! I hope your hubby helps you clean them all out & stock them up.
Unknown said: I tried the tops for the pop bottles a few years ago, but they didn't last long, as the squirrels wrecked them very quickly.
i don't get trouble with the squirrels wrecking mine, maybe because I put peanuts in their shells out for them.
Hey farmer, farmer, put away the D.D.T now. Give me spots on my apples, but leave me the birds and the bees, please!
it takes a good hour cleaning and refilling all the feeders, and we are being watch all the time by the birds, think they are saying hurry up I want my dinner!
Its not to bad we do it every other day or so.
I recommend thinking about putting some near/hanging in trees for the sparrows, a hidden ground feeder under bushes for wrens, dunnocks etc. I recommend a large bird table and feeder pole in the open (e.g. lawn) to prevent rats from stealing the food. I have feeders spread out on the fence posts using hanging basket brackets, but I would only recommend this if you don't have a problem with cats. Think about giving a variety of different foods / seed in different feeders. Think about different bird diets, i.e. insect (mealworms), fruit/berry (left over fruits/ berry suet pellets), nuts, seed, suet. Make sure you provide something for everyone & you will be successful.
Janet D said: That is only one feeding station i have others in my garden, my husband likes to help in feeding the birds we both love watching them feed. we do get a lot of birds feeding at one time, its quite a sight.
That is only one feeding station i have others in my garden, my husband likes to help in feeding the birds we both love watching them feed. we do get a lot of birds feeding at one time, its quite a sight.
I can't believe the 5 star luxury in your garden!! Incredible. How many feeders have you altogether?
I would love to see a photo when they are in use
Cheers, Linda.
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Susan H said: That is only one feeding station i have others in my garden, my husband likes to help in feeding the birds we both love watching them feed. we do get a lot of birds feeding at one time, its quite a sight.
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There is 30 on the apple, the one in photo. only 6 on other pole, two big tables and I put my bird mix on the gound.
I use Fat balls, black sunflower seeds, my own mix of wild bird seed, Nyjer seeds mealworms and peanuts.
then we make our gound food, which is, brown bread, (seeded bread if I can get it) cheese, peanuts, apples, pears all chopped up in a food processor the birds love it. we had so many birds in the snow, ours was the first garden to lose it snow because the birds just walked it way.
AW Janet I really admire you and your husband providing so much. When me & my other half live together & the kids are grown up we will be like that. I spend a fortune at the moment, about £25-£30 a week so I dread to think how much you spend but you truly deserve a Good Egg Award for doing so much for the birds. I have 5 pets aswell as a 12 yr old son so have to make a balance between them all with the birds. I wish to be like you one day.
Wow Janet I have to say you have a great feeding station in your garden {big smile}
How do you manage to afford all the food. I found when I put the food out it was although the birds where chittering in unison with all excitement the food they where going to have.
I found when I had a load of feeders emptied in a day, I kept to the same amount of food (except in winter in extreme cold weather}
We had not just one or two birds of one species we had flocks of chaffinches, Flocks of Blue Tits etc... 4 GSW's. Red squirrels and Grey Squirrels (grr to the Grey's)
No wonder the 4 large Nut Feeders empted so fast, and the nut feeders where the most popular ones of all. Just shows how much the birds love their food. {smile}
Regards
Kathy and Dave
Janet D said: it takes a good hour cleaning and refilling all the feeders, and we are being watch all the time by the birds, think they are saying hurry up I want my dinner! Its not to bad we do it every other day or so.
Unknown said: AW Janet I really admire you and your husband providing so much. When me & my other half live together & the kids are grown up we will be like that. I spend a fortune at the moment, about £25-£30 a week so I dread to think how much you spend but you truly deserve a Good Egg Award for doing so much for the birds. I have 5 pets aswell as a 12 yr old son so have to make a balance between them all with the birds. I wish to be like you one day.
My kids have grown up, I have five by the way. and three dogs yorkies. I keep my bins of bird food topped up, this means I only need to buy seed may be once a month and my gound food costs about £5 a time, but we go to the shops late and buy all the cheap brown bread, and cheap fruit, depend on the weather as to how long it lasts. the most expenes part is the cheese, but it goes a long way when its grated.
I have a dustbin for each of my bird food, ie: peanuts, black sunflower seeds, Nyjer seeds, mixed seeds and fat balls