water (dripping) is essential to pulling in birds. forget the little bird bath and
go right for a bog garden which provides food and water.
my mother also would cut up strips of cloth in spring and hang it out there for the
nest builders. Ingrid

"mmarteen" wrote:

I am thinking about planting a bird garden this spring in a now kind of ugly
area of my yard at the back of the house near the alley. Stuff I am
considering planting the

Two kinds of amaranth
Two kinds of millet
Sunflowers (various kinds)
Celosia (both the plumed kind and the cockscomb for looks)
I was also thinking about putting a bird bath among the sunflowers so that
they would have food and water.

I'd love to hear any other ideas on design, varieties of plants or
experiences people have had.

mm


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