feed the birds...

Tuppence a bag!

The birds love our garden! We quite like the birds as well. We have our selection of bird feeders out and refill regularly, admittedly not as regularly as the birds would like. It is amazing the speed at which they can empty a large seed feeder!

We have peanut feeds, tiny seed feeders, mixed seed feeders, fat ball holders, and fat ball slab holders. They eat the lot!

Stephanie and I have spent time making different bird food recently. I realised I would spend a fortune on the fat food balls/slabs so we tried to make our own.

We made a small one to test, the birds loved it so we will be making more of these. It started as a hanging fat ball, but fell off the string in the tree, so I placed it in there.

We threaded popcorn on string and hung these in the tree. They were demolished in a few hours.

 

Stephanie wanted a bird table, so we used some bricks from the top of the garden and a clean flat plant tray. She filled it with some more of the popcorn. The birds loved that!

Is there anything the birds don't like??!!

Do you feed the birds, what do you feed them with, do you make your own?

Yummy!

Ok so I didn't make these, Dylan did, but they are still homemade, and so very scrummy! I have had to put them in a box to stop me eating them all before I go to bed.

I have also decided to join in with Lynsey and her "a make a month". Basically the idea is to aim to make one thing a month from fabric you have stashed. Whilst my stash isn't as ordered or large as some crafters I do have some material I want to use which I bought 3 or 4 years ago. I have always had vague ideas of making fleece jackets etc for Stephanie with it. So perhaps I will finally get around to it, well maybe!