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On 24/12/2014 18:12, Ophelia wrote:


"Spider" wrote in message
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On 24/12/2014 13:43, Ophelia wrote:


"Spider" wrote in message
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Yes! They do have green netting I will take them down and see how
else I can use them. What do you use to hang yours in?


I now have a variety of proprietory feeders that each take two or
three seed balls. It was difficult before I bought them, but I did
try suspending them inside small plant pots (using wire), but it was a
bit of a fiddle. If need be, you could always crumble them onto a
bird table (or the ground) for now, but I acknowledge that it is safer
for the birds feeding from a tree *and* much more fun for you to watch
from the house. If you can't easily provide a makeshift hanger, then I
suggest you buy a few ready-made ones. You'll never regret it.

Thank you for the warning!


You're more than welcome. Nobody who is caring enough to feed birds
wants to harm them.

Right well hubby has been down and rigged a feeder, bless him :

Our small portable greenhouse has the cover removed for the winter so
he
put a piece of plastic guttering across the upper horizontal supports,
drilled a small hole near the top next to the vertical bars at each end
and used pieces of string to tie the guttering to them. Then he
inserted
some wire mesh to raise the fat balls so that any rain water would
drain
away underneath them and stuck a length of duct tape across the end of
the gutter in case the balls rolled down the slight slope due to wind.
He also drilled a hole through the centre of one fat ball and tied it
to
the tree with a plastic tie, though if the birds go at it consistently
from one side it will inevitably fall off eventually. If you need a
pic
I can do that.

It looks a bit odd, but safety is the aim) Thank you again)




Well done, your hubby! It sounds intriguing. I'm not going to send you
out into the cold for a pic, but it was very good of hubby to risk the
chill factor to help the little birds. I hope you made him a nice,
warm drink. Happy Christmas to both of you.

Thank you, and to you too I have passed on your kind comments If
you want a pic later I will be quite happy to post one



Thank you, Ophelia. Perhaps after Christmas, and only then if the weather
is kind enough. I confess I'm very curious about it:~).

In that case, you shall have one asap)


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