Winter is only seemingly a period of inactivity in the garden.
At least for me. The birds that have worked bravely all summer to protect my orchard from pests do not allow me to laze around. When it's frost and snow outside, it's time to repay your winged friends.
In the garden and around the house, I have several places where birds can eat. Outside the kitchen window I hung a feeder filled with lard mixed with various seeds (flax, poppy seeds) and groats (couscous, manna). Also
I hung single patches of uns alted lard in the gazebo and by the porch.
However, the most joy for my winged guests is spruce decorated with apples. The red color of the fruit attracts the attention of birds that willingly fly to the tree. Even heavy snowfall cannot completely hide my original decorations. Birds will always spot red apples under a layer of white fluff.
Mainly blackbirds and greenfinches come to such an unusual Christmas tree. I do not like the latter in the summer, because I have to fight them for priority over cherries, but now? After all, I will not chase away a cold and hungry creature! The fruits disappear from the spruce very quickly. Sometimes apples are eaten within an hour. However, I "dress" the tree on average every second or third day, decorating the top of the tree with a few new fruits. And so throughout the winter!
Thanks to my winged friends, I have so much work that I don't even know when … spring is coming!
Maria Piątkowska
