breith95 said: I don't have room for fruit bearing trees nor do I want them. I've had my fill of trying to go "natural" in gardening. I've spent hours watching the birds at my feeders and I will continue to do so. Wild cherry-no thanks. Mulberry-only if I lived away from it. I went through many summers with a mulberry tree and the birds would come and eat all day. Thank heavens not in my garden. The mess was unhealthy and disgusting- the entire neighborhood was covered in bird crap.
Birds poop...
Good fertilizer... And... if you are supplying a bird feeder, you are still getting just as much poop....
What kind of shade are you growing?
At my house... I had to plant red mulberry, there were none when I got here...
when clearing for the veggies, I kept the american holly, and the deciduous hollies, and the deer berry, and the beauty berry, and the farkle berry, the native dogwood, sassafras, wild cherry, and brought in elderberry...
Brought in lots of lambsquarter... And... the chickweed and henbit, deadnettle... hitched in with the horse poop... All of which attracts birds and/or butterflies.
towhee eating chickweed
georgia state butterfly (tiger swallowtail) visiting henbit
zebra swallowtail visits chickweed
gulf fritillary visits henbit
I'm not impressed by feeder pics... Much more impressive to get pictures of the critters acting naturally...
Like this guy...
