I do love wild birds in the garden but I prefer to keep them off my washing and soon to be planted spring vegetable plants
Scare the birds from sitting on your rotary washing line by tying string or nylon wire from the corners to the highest point of the centre mast and before your tie off, thread on old CDs/ DVDs. You will find that the reflectivity of the CDs/ DVDs will keep the birds from using it as a poo perch.
This trick also works in the garden by tying the string to garden stakes and again using old CDs or DVDs to keep our feathered friends from snacking on young plants and berries.
If you are one of those well-meaning kind folks like me who have a feeding table for our local wild birds do not feed them bread in the springtime unless it is soaked in water. Parent birds gather food in their gullet and regurgitate down their young offspring’s throats and dried out bread can cause fatal choking in the young birds.
Spring is almost here so let’s get out there.
The Kitchen Garden Gnome
