My red poppy.
By Louise1
- 3 Oct, 2010
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This is one of the cast iron red poppy bird seed feeders i bought today.
They're about 4' tall (12" of that is a prong in the ground), have an open bloom of about 6 or 7" across which takes the bird seed.
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These make a lovely addition to the garden and serve a purpose as well.
3 Oct, 2010
Fabulous Louise, did you get it from the chocolate garden centre ? LOL
3 Oct, 2010
How delightful.....
3 Oct, 2010
Thanks everyone, i'm very pleased with them :-)
Val, yes i did, they had a butterfly design too - its open wings made the dish area to put the feed in but their colours were very drab and not very attractive at all.
4 Oct, 2010
Thanks Dd and Homebird :-)
I've seen them in garden centres now !
20 Oct, 2010
i like these to louise, seen them in GC,
20 Oct, 2010
Nice idea, I have one without colouring, problem is that the food gets soggy if it stays too long in the rain, but that doent happen very often of course
20 Oct, 2010
Rm, i'm discovering that too :-(
I thought they'd have a fine mesh across the bottom but it doesn't and the food ends up sitting in the wetness - a bad design fault.
20 Oct, 2010
louise if you have a metal drill piece you can pop holes through with a fine piece ;o))
21 Oct, 2010
Yes, i thought the same too.
21 Oct, 2010
great minds louise lol
21 Oct, 2010
I love your poppy Suey. On the subject of drainage, I've drilled a seed tray with very fine holes and then put in a layer of gravel with the seed scattered on top. This seems to be keeping the seed fairly dry, or at least, not sitting in a puddle. Not decorative though!
2 Nov, 2010
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That's a lovely idea Louise and adds colour to the garden all year too!
3 Oct, 2010