HH - I've always had cats but also always fed the birds. The trick is to put ground food down in a spot with no cover from which sneaky cats can pounce and then hang peanut feeders and fat balls up high where cats can't leap without being seen in good time. Have shrubs nearby for bird cover from cats and raptors.
Works for me.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast. "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
I open the window to give them the chance to get out, but I still seem to have plenty who want to bumble around in the house... collecting them by hand is quite a job!
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HH - I've always had cats but also always fed the birds. The trick is to put ground food down in a spot with no cover from which sneaky cats can pounce and then hang peanut feeders and fat balls up high where cats can't leap without being seen in good time. Have shrubs nearby for bird cover from cats and raptors.
Works for me.
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
Limnanthes douglasii -Poached Egg Plant is thought to be particularly good at attracting hoverflies, one of the best predators for aphids.
I have MASSES of ladybirds. Mostly in my bathroom, though. Not sure what's going on there... they see to like it though.
Open the window on a warmish day and they'll all leave quietly.
If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.
I open the window to give them the chance to get out, but I still seem to have plenty who want to bumble around in the house... collecting them by hand is quite a job!