Pets > BirdsJanuary 05, 2006

Wild Bird Seed Storage

All year long, we feed the wild birds outside, we buy our wild bird seed and black sunflower seed in 25 lb. and 50 lb. bags. We keep our bird seed in a large Rubbermaid trash can with wheels, outside, at the end of our deck. We pour the birdseed alternating each until our container close to full.

Also, inside the "barrel" as we call it, we keep one of those big tins decorated in holiday designs (that hold 3 varieties of popped popcorn, empty of course!) that we use to carry the birdseed to the feeders, as well as a cup to scoop the seed with, for filling the feeders. This is more frugal for us, than just keeping a 25 lb. bag of seed somewhere and having to re-buy every week or so. Our "barrel" of seed, lasts a long time. Hope this can help others out there.

By Terri from NV

Related: Storing Bird Seed

Feedback

Read feedback for this post below.

By
06/21/2006

I store my dry dog food and/or cat food in Rubbermaid trash cans with locking lids.

By Chaplain Robert G. Balnicky (Guest Post) 01/05/2006

Down here in Florida Citrus rats ate into my heavy
plastic barrels.

I had to resort to Metal Garbage cans.

Hey! The LORD loves Y'all MUCHLY!!!

CH B

By
01/05/2006

In our area, we would be feeding the bears if we did this. I put a plastic trash can with seed in it in our garage and somehow the squirrels got into our garage and chewed through the lid and had a feast. We have to store our birdseed in our house. Hopefully, the bears and squirrels won't figure out how to open the door!

Related

Post Feedback

Your thoughts are welcomed and appreciated. Enter your feedback here!

Feedback:

Image Upload:

Add an image to your post! Click the "Browse" button above and select an image from your hard drive. Please only select gifs or jpegs. If you have any problems, please contact us.

  

facebook like arrowLike ThriftyFun on Facebook

Browse Topics

Over 80,000 tips, recipes, questions & crafts.

Popular Now

Christmas Weddings for Less
Beauty Budget and Finance
Cleaning Craft Projects
Craft Tips Food Tips
Garage Sales Gardening
Gifts Green Living
Home Improvement Organizing
Parenting Parties
Pest Control Pets
Recipes Repair

Ask a Question

Submit a question to the TF community.

Subscribe to ThriftyFun Newsletters!

Email: