[Danaus29]

This one claims to be squirrel proof. It's not. The easy off twist top is so easy to open that squirrels can twist it, open the top and climb inside. It's also poorly painted. The paint peeled off mine in less than 2 years.

 

[Danaus29]

I should have started a thread just for bird feeder reviews.

I have another feeder that I use for peanuts that no squirrel has ever breached. Chipmunks can get inside so I don't use it when chipmunks are active. But it has been discontinued. While it has a pretty good design, it was made of junk material. There is a threaded rod in the middle which rusted out really fast, less than 6 months in actual use. Hubby had to remove the original, which involved breaking the welds on the bottom and squishing the sides a bit. The hanger threads onto the rod and the feeder is unusable without the hanger. The top should have had more of a slope because water gets into the feeder from the hole the rod goes through. I had to put a rubber washer on the top to keep the water out of the hopper.

I have to take a picture of it since I can't find one on the 'net.

 

[Danaus29]

Sorry about hijacking the thread. That happens a lot around here.

 

[Danaus29]

I finally got a chance to look at the good squirrel proof feeder. It's made by a company called Brome.

 

[I_don't_know]

I think it’s pretty much all old people here. Or folks who have enough time to park themselves here and post endlessly.

I was raised in St. Pete. The standing joke was: When people retire they go to Ft. Lauderdale. Their parents move to St, Pete.

 

[tothemax]

Sorry about hijacking the thread. That happens a lot around here.

we feed them too...my husband made special one for the woodpeckers...part of a cedar log...stove up in the ground...few perches on bottom...small stiff wire ...open at bottom...suet inside...roof he can open shut easy..
they go right up...
**** did too...so he narrowed a bit...
I typed this same thing to you couple days back...I don't see it nowhere...ha!
musta not hit post reply...ahhh!
Time for coffee.....

 

[tothemax]

That was supposed to say racoon!...spell check changed it to ???..ha!

 

[Danaus29]

If you leave the rac off of raccoon the censor program bleeps it out.

 

[tothemax]

If you leave the rac off of raccoon the censor program bleeps it out.

yeah... left that off...oh...my goodness...ha!

 

[CindyinSD]

Welcome.

Interesting point. Maybe we should start a thread to see who the oldest member is.

I bet I would be near the top . . .

Well... if you remember Pogo...

 

[CindyinSD]

Sunflowers grow real easy. I have to start mine inside, but thanks to the chickens, there's no fertilizer shortage here. (If I can just get it bagged up and out of the chicken yard. Ouch!) Plus the leaves make good bunny food and if you burn wood, the stalks are handy, too.

 

[tothemax]

Sunflowers grow real easy. I have to start mine inside, but thanks to the chickens, there's no fertilizer shortage here. (If I can just get it bagged up and out of the chicken yard. Ouch!) Plus the leaves make good bunny food and if you burn wood, the stalks are handy, too.

we are growing sunflowers too....we have dwarf Jerusalem and they are perennials...the tubers are edible...haven't tried them yet