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Old 19-01-2013, 06:49 PM posted to uk.rec.birdwatching,uk.rec.gardening
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"David Hill" wrote in message
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On 19/01/2013 15:48, Bill Grey wrote:
"Mike Coon" wrote in message
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Bill Grey wrote:
I wonder if it is feasible for you to coat the teasels with some
olive oil applied by rubbing an oily hand oer the skeletons. The
nyger seed should stick to that.

Bill

Even better might be a cook's oil-spray basting device...

Mike.
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Certainly less messy

Bill


Just mix the seed with a little melted lard and work that into the teasel
heads.


I would have thought nyger seed are too fine for this sort of trreatment,
but it is one way of dealing with the task.

Bill