Martin Sykes wrote:
The bird seed which falls from the bird table germinates and makes
a real mess which needs to be repeatedly weeded. If I put it in the
oven for a while, what temperature would I need to use and for how
long to kill it? Would doing so have any adverse side-effects such
as making it unpalatable to birds?

Can you buy seed ready-prepared like this?

Martin.

......... or,
fit a 12 inch plant saucer to the base of the seed feeder.
That will catch most of the seed that normally escapes.
Then just funnel it back into the feeder for tomorrow.

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