Interesting. I've never had problems with my greens seedlings. Though we don't have many cardinals around here. Are they the only bird that you've seen for after them?
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Thanks for the comment! Cardinals are the only ones that i have caught, we have plenty of finches and sparrows that frolic around, but I haven't caught any of them in the bed or greenhouse's before grabbing seedlings. The screen seems to be holding up so far and working... 😀
Seems they eat seeds, weeds, buds etc. I'd personally start stuff off indoors on windowsill and once started, transfer to ground. I guess netting can also help. Birds love seeds so usually folk top with layer of dirt if laying grass seed etc. But depends how capable the birds are.
Agreed. Start indoors or use netting. I try to attract birds to my garden, but they need to let there be a garden first!
Thanks for the comment. I appreciate it.
Thanks! Yah i usually grow most of this indoors in a greenhouse but the heat this year has been rough so I thought I’d try something different. Yah they had left the seeds alone and were munching on the new shoots, careful to leave just a single stem remaining but picking off all the new shoots/leaves. Oh well thanks for the reply.
