ooh i cant wait to make these i have a few robbins popping in and out of my garden and well as other birds and its so brilliant to see them from my kitchen window watching them i also have alot of sunflower seeds from my sunflowers which they tend to really enjoy and as i have so many i can add these to the cakes too And now that my grape vine has matured i can place there bird nest next to it so it adds cover for them and its just the right high for them as they dont like there nests too high
Put fat cake mix into old brightly coloured mugs and hand from tall lantern hooks in the border - adds a splash of colour and encourages the birds too.
A picture of one of our feeders, http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff82/taffy4u2/Feeder.jpg It gives the small birds some protection from our resident Sparow hawk. We even have a Greater Spotted Woodpecker who gets inside to feed with no problems.
I have been making fat cakes for several years and every year my garden is full of birds. The wood pecker can't get enough and the squirrels like them too!!
You say not to use a fat that doesn't set then say to use Lard, this isn't a good thing to use during warmer weather, much better to use dripping, but shop around for it Tesco value oats are the cheapest. I use 2 litre pop bottles cut off at the shoulder as moulds, they take about 1.5 litres of mix each, Then hang them in tubes of half inch (1cm) wire netting hung inside 2 hanging baskets hung by their sides, 2 chains to hold the baskets and the 3rd to hold the feeder.
I have just made some cranberry jelly from my own berries and wonder whether I can use the leftover pulp (berries boiled in their entirety without any additives and drained)in bird cakes?
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It gives the small birds some protection from our resident Sparow hawk.
We even have a Greater Spotted Woodpecker who gets inside to feed with no problems.
Tesco value oats are the cheapest.
I use 2 litre pop bottles cut off at the shoulder as moulds, they take about 1.5 litres of mix each,
Then hang them in tubes of half inch (1cm) wire netting hung inside 2 hanging baskets hung by their sides, 2 chains to hold the baskets and the 3rd to hold the feeder.