Attracting Birds to Your Garden
Birds add a lively element to the garden, and attracting them to your landscape is easy if you’re a good host or hostess. What you have on the menu and the quality of your provided lodging determines whether your yard is alive with the sound of chirping and singing.
“You don’t need to be a bird expert to get them to flock to your yard,” says Elaine Cole, president and owner of Cole's Wild Bird Products Co. “With very little knowledge and effort you can attract a lot of birds to visit your yard.”
Follow these steps to setting up a backyard bird sanctuary.
Julie Bawden-Davis is a garden writer and master gardener, who since 1985 has written for publications such as Organic Gardening, Wildflower, Better Homes and Gardens and The Los Angeles Times. She is the author of seven books, including Reader’s Digest Flower Gardening, Fairy Gardening, The Strawberry Story Series, and Indoor Gardening the Organic Way, and is the founder of HealthyHouseplants.com.