Pam Tellew

>What about seed intended for wild birds? We just bought 50 lbs or so at
>Costco for $8 or so, and I did stick my hand in and it felt great! It
>could also
>be used for sorting. You could plant some later and see what grows, and
>sweep
>the rest up and put it in a bird feeder, or throw it out for pigeons
>somewhere.

Bird seed balls! Cut the rim off two round balloons (different colors if
possible). Fill one with bird seed, then slip the other balloon over the
first one, covering the hole. Very fun to squish, portable and non-messy,
for when that matters.

Pam, formerly warblwarbl

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In a message dated 8/20/04 2:18:42 AM, pamtellew@... writes:

<< Bird seed balls! Cut the rim off two round balloons (different colors if
possible). Fill one with bird seed, then slip the other balloon over the
first one, covering the hole. Very fun to squish, portable and non-messy,
for when that matters.
>>

But do not leave one in the bottom of a big box of toys in a closet, because
when Marty finally pulled some long-term old-junk storage out of his closet
and we took the biggest box out in the yard to see what was salvageable from
when mice lived in his room for a while one winter, we found husks of birdseed
and the little balloons.

Friends of ours who are jugglers made Marty a set of birdseed juggling balls,
and I don't know where the other two went, but one became mouse food.

I also now recommend NOT using big boxes to store toys. Had he sorted
things into smaller boxes or even had smaller mixed-junk boxes, that mess wouldn't
have been as big or as... varied.

Just passing on what we learned a couple of weeks ago. <g>
And I washed plastic toys for hours, thinking all the while "hunta virus--how
long can it live on the surface of action figures or Lego?"

Sandra

Nisha

--- In [email protected], SandraDodd@a... wrote:

> Just passing on what we learned a couple of weeks ago. <g>
> And I washed plastic toys for hours, thinking all the while "hunta
virus--how
> long can it live on the surface of action figures or Lego?"
>
> Sandra

The last time we had something like that happen, I ran the stuff thru
the dishwasher(it was all plastic)with about a cup of bleach.
Nisha

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In a message dated 8/20/2004 10:51:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
SandraDodd@... writes:

> And I washed plastic toys for hours, thinking all the while "hunta
> virus--how
> long can it live on the surface of action figures or Lego?"

I looked at several sources, but couldn't find a definition-could you please
tell me what the "hunta virus" is? Thanks!

Sang


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Fetteroll

on 8/25/04 3:28 AM, Sanguinegirl83@... at Sanguinegirl83@... wrote:

> could you please
> tell me what the "hunta virus" is?

I think she meant hanta virus.

If you misspell a search using Google, it often will give you a more common
search and ask if that's what you meant to search for.

Joyce