We have a fancy bird feeder thats very popular, especially at the moment with loads of sparrows and starlings in particular feeding on it, plus a couple of goldfinches that come from time to time for the niger seed. At the moment, I'm finding that they are going through about five fat balls a day, and four seed feeders. They rarely touch peanuts so I'm not going to bother with them in future.
The problem that I have is the mess beneath the feeder. Firstly, the fat balls leave a greasy mess that covers the ground, and then we have pigeons that come in to get the bits that fall and they decimate any plants beneath it. I have a big day lily beneath the table thats been totally flattened. Can anyone recommend any plants that would be, if not happy to live in that environment, at least tollerate it better?
Thanks.
The problem that I have is the mess beneath the feeder. Firstly, the fat balls leave a greasy mess that covers the ground, and then we have pigeons that come in to get the bits that fall and they decimate any plants beneath it. I have a big day lily beneath the table thats been totally flattened. Can anyone recommend any plants that would be, if not happy to live in that environment, at least tollerate it better?
Thanks.
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