Bird Paradise: Make an Ugly Stump Something You're Proud of

I have started making a bird paradise and I have seen that the feathered ones are taking a liking to this new project of mine. The intent I have with this is to be able to look out the window and see birds feeding on my feeders and living in the houses. I have a average sized yard for somebody in the mountains and I have taken a look at the amount of food I have on my yard so I plan to only add 1 or 2 more houses to prevent conflict between birds. This has a blackberry bush growing out of it and some very small flower sprouts jumping out of the stump. I also plan to add a hummingbird feeder. A vine will soon grow up the side of this masterpiece. It will be a beauty.

Since it doesn't look like I need to put many steps on this I decided to do it in two or three easy steps!!

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Step 1: Plants

You will need a blackberry bush to help you feed those families of birds
One vine to add some green
Wild flowers (just so the birds feel they are still in the wild)

Yes, it doesn't look like enough. But it is, trust me. Also if you don't have a tree right behind the stump a 7' or 8' pole would work well.

Comments

[Lectric Wizard]

Just a suggestion, I would trim back a few of the lower branches on the tree behind, so cats can't hide there. Birds avoid such areas... Great to see people looking out for "da byrds" !! CHEERS!!

[connoboarder]

thank you for the suggestion!

[ChrysN]

I love the idea of creating a bird paradise. I think that there are other plants and flowers that you can add to attract birds, there are seed mixes to plant for that purpose.