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The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Easiest Hummingbird Feeder Ever

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Epic Gardening

Education, Home & Garden, How To, Leisure

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2020

⏱️ 4 minutes

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0:00.0

I have the most hilarious tip for you guys today on hummingbirds. So getting

0:19.8

hummingbirds into your garden, you know there's these feeders that you can get

0:23.4

at the big box store, the nursery, garden center,

0:26.5

whatever.

0:27.0

It's got the red flowers on the bottom

0:28.9

and these very clever designs and this and that.

0:31.4

And I was searching around for something a little bit more efficient and

0:33.9

effective and low costs and if you're an Asian food fan like myself and own a

0:38.0

kick-and-soi sauce bottle then I have the perfect tip for you. Here's what you do. Ready for this insane

0:46.2

construction. Mix up your nectar, which is four parts of water to one part

0:51.1

sugar. You can use tap water, white granulated sugar, you don't have to

0:54.7

boil the water, don't put any dye in it, just put those two ingredients together, shake it up, let

0:59.6

it dissolve, use an empty kick them oni sauce bottle. It has to have that tapered design into that very

1:06.8

special cap. If you know soy sauce, you know the one I'm talking about. Here's what you do. You fill it up, you turn it upside down, and the

1:17.1

pressure from the liquid inside prevents it from spilling out when turned upside down and

1:21.7

held level. So what you then do is you'll take a little

1:26.1

wire, metal wire or something like that, some sort of hanging material, wrap it around that

1:30.3

base, which is the base is now the top of it, and then just hang it in the garden.

1:35.8

That's it. And so if you go through soy sauce, then just collect, like collect five or six,

1:41.2

depending on the size of your garden or property and just

1:44.1

sprinkle them around you will see hummingbirds going at it what's amazing is while it

1:48.3

won't spill out those little areas are perfect for the hummingbird beak and tongue to get into.

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