From Birds and Blooms

Milk Jugs
1. Cut them into strips to make plant markers.
2. Use them as collars to keep cutworms from destroying young plants.
3. Make a simple watering can. Just cut a small hole in one bottom corner and set it next to a
plant. The water slowly seeps out.
4. Cut a hole in the side and make it a bird feeder.
5. Slide it over your bird feeder pole as a squirrel baffle.
6. Cut off the bottom and one side up to the handle for a scoop for birdseed or potting soil.

Blue Jays love unsalted peanuts, shell and all. Buy in bulk for money savings. They will flock to your feeders.

Don't discard your old scarves.....wrap them around your pots and containers for an added flair. This works on indoor pots.......I would also use material to decorate my pots. I am going to have to do that on two of my indoor planters.

To watch some great bird moments, visit: www.birdsandblooms.com and click on "Videos".

Pretty fall-blooming shrubs for zones 3-9: Whitch hazel.
Zones 5-9 Scotch heather and zones 5-9 Caryopteris.