Feed the Birds
![Winter with robin](https://earthtoeden.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/winter-843578_1920.jpg)
Trees very much dominate the area where we have moved to. In turn I have been lucky enough to watch and listen to a much wider variety and number of birds.
Every morning a wee robin appears from the hedge outside our back door. It seems to have found a home there and often follows me around the garden, hoping to find worms wherever I last laid my spade. Blue tits flutter wildly back and forwards between the hedgerows in the morning and by sunset, I really enjoy a moment where I can just listen to the birdsong before the last minutes of daylight tuck in for the night.
In Winter, the birds could do with a helping hand so the kids and I made a few treats for them to pick at.
The first feeder is really simple – just a case of threading apple slices onto some garden wire, formed into a hook, ready to hang on a nearby tree.
![Apple](http://earthtoeden.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Apple.jpeg)
Following the same principle, the second feeder uses unsalted, unbuttered popcorn.
![Popcorn](http://earthtoeden.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Popcorn.jpeg)
For a delicious treat, take a hollowed orange half and thread some garden wire through the top. I have then mixed 1 part melted lard with 1 part flour, 2 parts oats and 1 part birdseed. I also added some chopped nuts. Simply mould into the orange skin and leave to set.
![Orange](http://earthtoeden.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Orange.jpg)
Not just a nutritious treat for the birds, but they look good too
![hanging](http://earthtoeden.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/hanging.jpeg)
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