Dear Reader
How are things with you? Hope you are OK.
Here (near Cambridge in the UK) its been snowing, its really cold and wet too - I do feel sorry for the birds. Seeds are usually so expensive so for the last few years I've been feeding the birds Aldi's porridge oats - scattered on the ground or on a tray with drainage - seems really popular.
Also popular - and for me - free - is any apples I've been storing that are too small for me to use or have started rotting a little. I've put them under shrubs or at the base of fences where they are a little sheltered and they've been attracting many blackbirds. A bonus is that the apples add a little colour to the scene with splashes of red.
If you have any tips of feeding the birds cheaply - please do let me know - I'd love to hear from you.
Lots of love
Caroline
xxx
p.s - I'm so glad I scattered the apples all around the flower borders as it has stopped too many fights between the birds over the apples.
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