Pour your dried mix into a pot. I use ready made jelly pots and have 2.
Get a microwave pot, put the lard in that and microwave to melt (about 30 second to 1 minute. If you want you can add spices (apparently squirrels don't like spicy foods) then pour this on top of the died mix in the jelly pot. Use the base of the other jelly pot to pat it all down and leave to set.
You can then take it out the pot or just hang it up as it is. Job done in 2 minutes.
Beef dripping is much better than lard - lard is too greasy and birds wipe their beaks on their feathers and that damages the insulation qualities and can cause real problems.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
...I tend to mix in the little bits of cereal remaining in the bottom of the packet - as long as it's not too sugary. Beef dripping from grilled burgers (yes, sometimes ), fat from grilled bangers etc.
Dove, thanks for that information. I can't buy lard or suet here and had given up on the idea of making seed balls.(not that they need extra feed at the moment - there is grass seeding everywhere, here.) HRH has a continual battle with seeds getting caught in her coat.
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Pour your dried mix into a pot. I use ready made jelly pots and have 2.
Get a microwave pot, put the lard in that and microwave to melt (about 30 second to 1 minute. If you want you can add spices (apparently squirrels don't like spicy foods) then pour this on top of the died mix in the jelly pot. Use the base of the other jelly pot to pat it all down and leave to set.
You can then take it out the pot or just hang it up as it is. Job done in 2 minutes.
Beef dripping is much better than lard - lard is too greasy and birds wipe their beaks on their feathers and that damages the insulation qualities and can cause real problems.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
...I tend to mix in the little bits of cereal remaining in the bottom of the packet - as long as it's not too sugary. Beef dripping from grilled burgers (yes, sometimes
), fat from grilled bangers etc.
Dove, thanks for that information. I can't buy lard or suet here and had given up on the idea of making seed balls.(not that they need extra feed at the moment - there is grass seeding everywhere, here.) HRH has a continual battle with seeds getting caught in her coat.