The other day a friend of mine stopped by. We sat down on the patio intent on “catching up.”
It wasn’t long before she was distracted by the number of birds fluttering through my yard. She said she could sit on her patio for hours and not spot a single bird. Her yard is just a yard. She has a birdfeeder but….
Attracting Birds to Your Yard is fairly easy, but it takes more than a single birdfeeder hanging in the middle of a patch of grass.
Birds, like all living things, need food, water, and shelter. I have a large backyard (which was a pain to mow) so my husband and I turned half of it into a bird sanctuary. Basically we quit trying to get the grass to grow beneath the trees. The ground is now covered with a layer of leaves and pine needles. We planted a couple of bushes and added a couple of birdbaths. We already had the birdfeeders.
Since that day we’ve added a couple of Bluebird boxes and birdhouses, but little else. I love to get up early in the morning and sip my coffee out on the patio. I watch the sun rise and listen to the birdsong. Life is good…
Have a beautiful day.
LizzyJean
It wasn’t long before she was distracted by the number of birds fluttering through my yard. She said she could sit on her patio for hours and not spot a single bird. Her yard is just a yard. She has a birdfeeder but….
Attracting Birds to Your Yard is fairly easy, but it takes more than a single birdfeeder hanging in the middle of a patch of grass.
Birds, like all living things, need food, water, and shelter. I have a large backyard (which was a pain to mow) so my husband and I turned half of it into a bird sanctuary. Basically we quit trying to get the grass to grow beneath the trees. The ground is now covered with a layer of leaves and pine needles. We planted a couple of bushes and added a couple of birdbaths. We already had the birdfeeders.
Since that day we’ve added a couple of Bluebird boxes and birdhouses, but little else. I love to get up early in the morning and sip my coffee out on the patio. I watch the sun rise and listen to the birdsong. Life is good…
Have a beautiful day.
LizzyJean
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