Ed, some of the best solutions can be the most amusing. I built a small feeder for my girlfriend. She loves attracting the little car decorating machines and feeding them. To mount the feeder I fastened a flange to the bottom, then added a 7' piece of 3/4" pipe.(2' into the ground) No unsightly baffles, no pepper added to the feed, no fancy mechanisims, and no chewing on the feeder. I simply "painted" a liberal coat of Vick's VaporRub on the pole. You havent lived until you watch the squirrels try climbing the pole, and then spend 20 minutes trying to get the VaporRub off their paws. Its nontoxic and the little guys learn quick to eat other places! You can help by feeding them sunflower seeds in a can with drainage holes on a stump or rock.
Mike |