BIRD SEED WREATH RECIPE

BIRD SEED WREATH RECIPE
1 pkg plain Knox gelatin
1/2 cup warm water
3 Tbsp light corn syrup
3/4 cup flour
4 cups bird seed

EQUIPMENT
Bowl
Bundt or ring pan
Spoon or whisk
Non-stick oil spray
Wide ribbon or fabric remnant
Hook or metal ring

Dissolve the gelatin in warm water. Add the flour and corn syrup. Mix in the bird seed

INSTRUCTIONSSpray the mold with oil spray

In a large bowl, stir together the gelatin, warm water, corn syrup and flour until it becomes a paste.

Press seed mix firmly into the oiled pan

Add the birdseed and mix well.
Press it firmly into the oiled pan….

Wait until mold is completely dry, 24-48 hours

Cool seed wreath bird feeder…finished!  “So fun and easy.”

Tie on the ribbon add the hook or ring and hang!

Enjoy watching the birds!

Kirk’s tips:

• I’ve learned so much in making these. Wait for 48 hours until they completely dry.
• I doubled the recipe and added an extra packet of the gelatin to fill my bundt pan.
• I originally tried to hang one with rope. Not good. The rope broke the wreath! Fabric ribbon works perfectly.
• I attached a metal ring so I could hang it.

Jeanne Sammons’s wreath attracts a woodpecker

Patty Hicks made hers with a wire mesh frame and says, “Bush Tits are so much fun here and so social. It’s like a mob of hungry teenagers flying into feast, lots of happy chatter.”

Bush tits feast away

Patty wound wire around and provided a frame of wire mesh to make a handy perch

The Nuthatch seems happy so I’m happy. They love nuts.

Patty’s Tips

• Hang you wreath where it won’t get too wet to avoid molding and/or disintegration that heavy rain might cause.
• I had to tie it down to a base that is wired to the trellis because of thieving squirrels!
• Stuff the extra into some pinecones to hang outside

Note:  Patty substituted 1 cup of juicy meal worms in place of some bird seed for some extra birdie treats

Oops! Squirrel attack!

The wreaths will be eaten up eventually, but they last a long time and it’s easy to make more.  I hope you’ll let us know on the Facebook page with a photo or in a comment her, if you try this…

Jeanne ‘captures’ a Cardinal and a Junco

Jeanie Merritt’s all black seed wreath. She says, “I hung a new seed wreath today… ALL sunflower seeds; knowing it would definitely attract the cardinals…. Pretty sight…sunny day… NO cardinals. I know I shouldn’t have cleaned those windows..now they can see me watching and waiting.”