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Storing Cotoneaster berries for bird food
Not quite gardening but some on here may have an answer.
We have a couple of large Cotoneaster bushes which are popular with the local bird population who are tucking in well,however a large number of berries are falling and just lying on a path and flower beds. It seems a shame to see them rot when in the depths of winter the berries that don't drop will have all been eaten. Has anyone any suggestions as the best way to store those I could pick up so they could be used as bird food in a few months time. G.Harman |
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Storing Cotoneaster berries for bird food
wrote in message ... Not quite gardening but some on here may have an answer. We have a couple of large Cotoneaster bushes which are popular with the local bird population who are tucking in well,however a large number of berries are falling and just lying on a path and flower beds. It seems a shame to see them rot when in the depths of winter the berries that don't drop will have all been eaten. Has anyone any suggestions as the best way to store those I could pick up so they could be used as bird food in a few months time. G.Harman Freeze them. I haven't tried with cotoneaster but it's successful with rowan berries so should work. Tina |
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Storing Cotoneaster berries for bird food
On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:15:27 +0100, Jake
wrote: On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:26:23 +0100, wrote: Not quite gardening but some on here may have an answer. We have a couple of large Cotoneaster bushes which are popular with the local bird population who are tucking in well,however a large number of berries are falling It's unusual for birds to drop berries like this. More usually, the birds ingest the berries and poop out the seeds (cotoneaster is one of those shrubs listed as invasive for this reason). The birds are passing them through ok,need to sweep the path 4 times a day or the mess gets trodden into the door mat. It's the berries that are just shaken ,knocked or just fall off which I was hoping to save. What I have more a less decided to do is just sweep them up and place them in a different part of the garden so some other birds can have a chance at them without getting into territorial fighting. G.Harman |
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