I showed you the bird feeder I made out of a baked orange, so I thought I’d tell you how it’s going with the birds.
They ignored it hanging up. I think that’s because there’s no perch for them. When I removed the strings and sat the feeder on a patio table, the birds devoured the seeds right away.
It may be possible to make holes in the feeder to insert a small dowel rod for a perch, but for now I like the feeding cup. There’s something oddly soothing about seeing a bird eat out of an orange. Not sure …read more

So, this is the project I set out to conquer before getting distracted by my Sixteen Uses for Baked Orange Cup. I had to come up with something for that smaller half I accidentally created. It was too cute to waste. Had I cut the orange evenly, I could have had two bird feeders.
I was inspired to make the orange bird feeder from a recipe in Home Made by Alexa Lett. I had to make a few substitutions. She recommended setting grapefruits or oranges outside after cutting so that they could dry. That’s great if you have sunny, hot weather …read more