On 10/3/08 11:31, in article , "Eddy"
wrote:

BAC wrote:

An even simpler way of stopping squirrels helping themselves to 'muesli'
would be to cease tempting them into the garden by putting food out in the
first place.

But the poor little birdies need it badly at this time of year, BAC,
don't they? However, once the cold season is out of the way and there
is no food aplenty in the countryside around here we stop the peanuts,
fatballs, and seeds.

Eddy.


The RSPB recommend you feed all the year round. The birds will take what
they want but they'll 'remember' your garden and continue to visit it.
During the summer, feeding them encourages them in to eat the nasties you
don't want. Put a bird feeder near something with e.g. Green or blackfly
and the birds will find the insects as well as the seeds. We never stop
feeding the birds and they work with the biological controls in keeping down
unwanted predators in the greenhouses all year round.
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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'