Rustic Silhouettes
These unique rusty metal bird silhouettes will add interest to any garden landscape. Mount to wooden stakes, posts, deck rails, fences, tree branches, blocks of wood, even on top of…
Fatwood – Giving your fire a needed boost
FATWOOD 100% all-natural firestarter for fireplaces, barbeques, chimeneas, stoves, and firepits! Why? Because even well-seasoned firewood sometimes needs a little help getting going. What is it? All Natural! In short,…
Roosting Pockets and Boxes
In cold weather songbirds eat constantly during daylight hours to sustain their energy. At night they expend a lot of that energy fluffing their feathers and shivering to keep warm until sunlight returns.
So your goldfinches are gone…or ARE they?
Many people have been stopping in to The Rock Pile lately and lamenting the annual loss of goldfinches from their feeders and yards.
Winterizing Your Feeder
Fill feeder with seed. Watch seed level drop. Repeat. That’s about the gist of it for birdfeeding in warmer months, but a little extra is needed as we ease…
Keep those Nectar Feeders Clean!
Experts say that hummingbirds will starve rather than consume spoiled feeder syrup, so a dirty feeder isn’t likely to cause harm. But it may cost you the pleasure of their…
Hanging Basket parenting 101
It’s not easy being a new parent, and don’t you wish those precious bundles came with instructions? Well, they do. I’m talking about hanging baskets, of course. I can’t help…
Grackle: The Univited Dinner Guest
by Jamie Haas It’s that time of year when the grackles are introducing themselves to our feeders. They really are pretty birds with their iridescent purple hues and white eye…