i can't imagine how sour humming bird food would be after two weeks, ICK,
Lee
"merryb" > wrote in message
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On Mar 8, 8:14 am, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Mar 2012 22:20:41 -0800 (PST), spamtrap1888
>
> > wrote:
> >On Mar 7, 12:28 pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>
> >> I use white vinegar for cleaning hummingbird feeders.
>
> >We just grow a lot of plants with trumpet flowers, like salvias.
> >There's a nylon trellis right outside our kitchen window covered with
> >flowering vines. Hummingbirds love to sip at these flowers, and unlike
> >feeders, you don't have to worry about filling them or keeping them
> >clean.
>
> I do both. And flowers aren't enough to keep hummers around,
> flowering times and quantities are very unpredictable. Maintaining
> feeders requires very little effort, one filling can last two weeks...
> what most people who don't use feeders resent is the cost. My hummers
> arrive like clockwork, every year on May 14th. With feeders I can
> place them where my cats can watch, free entertainment.

We have ones here year around. I am filling the feeder once a week now
as they seem to be pretty feisty right now- mating season maybe?