{"id":113731,"date":"2020-01-18T18:00:26","date_gmt":"2020-01-18T11:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/which-plants-are-the-best-bird-feeders-alys-fowler\/"},"modified":"2020-01-18T18:16:22","modified_gmt":"2020-01-18T11:16:22","slug":"which-plants-are-the-best-bird-feeders-alys-fowler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/which-plants-are-the-best-bird-feeders-alys-fowler\/","title":{"rendered":"Which plants are the best bird feeders? | Alys Fowler"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAlthough I feed song birds with meal worms, suet and seeds, I\u2019ve come to realise that my garden can do the job just as wellI was admiring the glorious orange limbs of my strawberry tree, Arbutus unedo, meandering elegantly and covered in bright red baubles of fruit among glossy green leaves, when I spotted a blackbird, its beak crammed full of a single fruit. I was contemplating preserving this year\u2019s bounty of fruit, but the sight of that happy blackbird was enough to make me realise I didn\u2019t need any more jam in my life. This tree is far more giving to all of us in the garden than I could have conceived when I planted it to obscure my neighbour\u2019s shed. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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