I wanted a feeder that could be moved for easier mowing, so I welded up a post using a scrap car wheel and an adjustable house support post. The feeder is mounted on a 2″ removable post section for ease of loading. To keep the squirrels away, I cut a hole in the bottom of a 5...
both during morning and evening hours (when deer like to dine). Deer and rabbits chow down on sunflower seedlings, while the sunflower moth and birds prefer to munch the seeds from the sunflower head.
It helps to keep them away from your newly planted seeds and they’ll stick around to eat insect pests. Seed Plants For The Birds There are many plants that can help draw the birds away from your garden and provide them with a nutritious meal. Millet, amaranth, and sunflowers benefit many...
As a last resort, you may have to stop growing plants that the pests love best. Rabbits and squirrels favor leafy greens. Groundhogs adore brassicas (broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts). Chipmunks like seeds (especially sunflowers) and berries. ...
Sunflowers Bee Balm Coneflower Black-Eyed Susan Catmint Phacelia Salvia Lemon Balm Coreopsis Gaillardia Liatris Butterfly Bush Cosmos Bachelor’s Button Chives As you can tell, many of these flowers overlap with the favorite plants of bees and butterflies. As you build a biocontrolled garden, you...
Edible garden: a garden full of edible vegetables, herbs, fruits, and even flowers, best planted close to the kitchen Feed plot gardens: a garden dedicated to feeding critters like deer andrabbits, can help keep them out of your other garden(s), best planted by the edge of your property...
Try rotating where you plant your sunflowers each year so you aren’t planting directly into an infested site. Some hybrids are resistant to midges, so keep an eye out for those if these insects have been a problem in the past. Insecticides are not effective since the tiny midge larvae are...
being destroyed by rabbits in a matter of days.) They’re easy to grow andProFlowersexplains that they have a chemical called pyrethrum in them. It’s an ingredient used in many repellants. Just find a way to protect them from those darn bunnies. They’re cute, but they’re relentless!
being destroyed by rabbits in a matter of days.) They’re easy to grow andProFlowersexplains that they have a chemical called pyrethrum in them. It’s an ingredient used in many repellants. Just find a way to protect them from those darn bunnies. They’re cute, but they’re relentless!
Strawflower willattract bees, butterflies, and other pollinators throughout the blooming period. Seed-eating birds will also come to investigate the flowers. Deer don’t generally bother strawflower plants, although hungry rabbits may nibble on the foliage. ...