On 2/1/2024 9:02 PM, super70s wrote:
On 2024-02-02 00:53:09 +0000, jmcquown said:
On 2/1/2024 5:52 PM, super70s wrote:
Last week I bought a 40 lb. bag of Royal Wing black oil sunflower
seed on sale at the local Tractor Supply Co. for $19.95, I think it
normally sells for $24.95.
I thought it would save a lot of money in the long run, I think
Lowe's and other hardware stores want as much as $15 for a 10 lb. bag.
Man is that thing hard to maneuver though, it's like wrestling an
alligator trying fill up the gallon plastic container I use for
pouring it into my feeder, lol.
I'm glad you got a good deal! No way I could lift a bag of seed that
weighed that, much less have a place to store it.
The container has a spout on top for pouring, after a few disasters
when the entire top would pop off when it was full during pouring, I
came up with the idea of inserting two screws on either side of it,
then I remove them temporarily when it needs to be refilled. Solved
that problem. :)
My storage container for seed is a covered galvanized bucket in the
garage. It holds about 10 lbs. I use a scoop and fill a small
container (used to be juice pitcher) with about 2 cups of seed to fill
the seed feeder.
Jill
I'm wary about leaving anything containing seeds with an open top, moths
seem to like to hang out in there and I don't want a moth infestation (I
even saw a little moth flying around in the bird seed section in the
store last week).
Oh, it's got a lid. Think of it as a smaller version of an old-time
garbage can. Plastic containers don't work around here. Before I
bought the galvanized metal can a friend had given me a plastic bin with
a snap-on lid to store bird seed in. In the garage. A critter chewed
through the plastic. Turns out it was a rice rat:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsh_rice_rat
I bought the galvanized can a few years ago. Even after that and with
no discernible food source, last year I had a rice rat decide to take up residence in the glove compartment in my car. It gained ingress by
chewing through the cabin air filter. I wouldn't have known it was
there except I kept a couple of re-usable paper grocery store bags in
the car. I noticed chewed up paper. I opened the glove box and it was
full of shredded paper. The darn thing had used them to start a nest!
I had a heck of a time getting rid of that darn thing. Once I did, I
put moth balls in the glove compartment. I keep moth balls scattered
around the outside of the garage and inside. I'd rather have moths than
rice rats, although I'd prefer neither one, thank you very much. :)
Jill
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