"Martin" wrote in message
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On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 20:48:22 -0000, "Mike Lyle"
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"Alan Holmes" wrote in message
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"sally H" wrote in message
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"Alan Holmes" wrote in message
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"sally H" wrote in message
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I have just bought vaious bird boxes and should like to put them up
around the garden.

The question is - how do you secure them to the tree trunks
because I
thought that banging a nail into the tree will kill or hurt it.

You could use a plastic tie.

Thanks. I'll try tying where I can but otherwise I'll use nails.
Are
there any nails in particular you would recommend?

I wonder if a screw would be a better bet, as you could undo it a
little as
the tree grew bigger, and when you had finished with the box it could
be
removed completely.

I haven't tried, but I imagine corrosion would make that impossible --
especially with oaks.

Not if the screw is the right stainless steel.

Hadn't thought of stainless steel!

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Martin