The birds in my garden give so much joy, and also are huge helpers in fending off harmful insects during the growing season. So I care for them a little extra during the cold part of the year. I have three feeding areas in the garden, but I have noticed that a lot of the seeds I feed them seem to be eaten up by deers or mooses. Okay, I suppose everyone would LOVE to have a moose in their garden. Hmpf! But try to imagine how much they eat, and how much they destroy in the process.

So, at least I would like to help the small birds keep some of the food I give to them.
I got the idea to use a piece of chicken wire, a rectangular one left over from some other project. With four tiny apple branches from last years trimming, I fram

ed the wire and got a board, nearly like a picture, to be filled with different goodies.

 

 

And so to the joy of filling the “picture” with bird treats. Natural coconut butter mixed with seeds, nuts and raisins. Tallow balls. Pieces of apple tied to the board by strings. Fir cones.

 

I guess I will come up with more things to offer them as time goes by. But this will do for a start.
Then my plan is to tie ropes to the left and right upper corners, throw the ends of the ropes over a high branch in the cherry tree and hoist the “picture” of food up into the tree. We will see if that makes it stay clear from the deers and any occational moose …

The photos of the actual placing in the tree you see on top of this page 🙂