With summer quickly coming to an end, now is the time to start thinking about your fine-feathered friends. Make sure they have everything to survive the winter by providing one of the things they will need: a simple feeder of seed. You don’t have to spend a ton of money on an expensive and fancy birdfeeder; in fact, you can make one for free using recycled materials from your home.

Materials:

Clean gallon-sized milk jug

Electric drill

2 bamboo garden stakes, approximately 15 inches each

Scissors

Twine

Seed

 

Drill a hole into the bottom of each side of a clean gallon-sized milk jug. Additionally, drill two holes at the top of the jug on opposite sides of the container.

Run the garden stakes through the drilled holes, in one side and out the other, so that they intersect in the middle. Leave an equal length exposed on each side. These will be the perches.

Cut a hole on each side of the jug a few inches above the perches.

String twine through the two holes at the top of the jug.

Fill with seed, hang up, and enjoy!

 

Quick Tip: To prevent critters from getting to the stored seed, seal it inside a metal garbage can.