Things You'll Need:
- Garbage bag
- Metal trash can
- Black oil sunflower seeds
- Cracked corn
- White millet
- Red millet
- Oat groats
- Shovel
- Rice
- Milo
- Wheat seed
- Buckwheat seed
- Trash can lid
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Step 1
Place a large garbage bag in a metal trash can. This is what the wild bird seed will be mixed and stored in, and it will help prevent mice and other rodents from smelling the bird seed.
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Step 2
Pour twenty pounds of black oil sunflower seeds into the bag. Sunflower seeds a favorite of many kinds of birds, and also have high energy content. This seed makes up the base of the wild bird seed mix.
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Step 3
Add five pounds of cracked corn, five pounds of white millet, five pounds of red millet, and five pounds of oat groats to the sunflower seeds. Use the handle of a shovel to thoroughly mix all of the different seeds together.
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Step 4
Add two or three more varieties of seeds that are specific to your region. Southern states should add rice and milo to the mixture, while northern states should mix in wheat and buckwheat seeds.
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Step 5
Stir the region specific seeds into the previous mixture using the shovel handle. Ensure they are completely mixed. You should be able to take a handful from the wild bird seed and have each type of seed visible in your hand.
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Step 6
Seal the trash with a tight fitting lid after mixing. These seeds will be very attractive to all kinds of animals and insects. Ensure that no critters will be able get into the seed.
