Feed the birds with citrus halves.

What You Need:

• half grapefruit or orange rind
• 3 strands of yarn
• yarn needle
• mixed bird seed

How To Do It:

1. Choose a rind with lots of pulp left on it.
2. Thread the yarn through the needle.
3. Poke three evenly spaced holes along the edge of the rind.
4. Thread each strand of yarn through a hole and tie it around the rind.
5. Gather the loose ends of the yarn strands at the top so that the rind balances, and then tie them together.
6. Fill the rind part way with mixed bird seed and hang it on a tree.

The birds will enjoy the seeds as well as the leftover bits of citrus pulp.

Originally part of an article published in The Orleans Star, January 9, 1996.