The secret for trapping small birds in this kind of a bird trap is the funnel. Hence, it's called a Repeating Funnel Trap. It is "repeating" because the trap doesn't need to be reset after trapping a bird. It is a passive trap that can catch multiple birds.
The funnel must allow the bird to pass through easily without much restriction coming in from the outside. As a funnel, the entrance outside is taller and wider. It gradually narrows toward the exit inside the bird trap cage.
Homemade Bird Trap - Building the Housing
The first step for making the bird trap is to build the housing. For simplicity, stick to a rectangular box design. A rectangular box design is easy to build and has minimum corners. Minimum corners give trapped birds more space inside. This design is easy to clean. If you have several of these rectangular bird traps, then they're also easy to stack and store.
Homemade Bird Trap - Materials and Tools
The Homemade Bird Trap project is mostly do-it-yourself or DIY. Some of the materials may be sourced from scrap items while most of them may be bought from a hardware store.Since the end product will be used for trapping small birds, I had assumed that there really wouldn't be any 'heavy duty' materials needed for the trap. And for this, I bought the cheapest wire screen I could find. I mean how strong can a sparrow or some other small birds be, to destroy the trap? Of course, I have planned on setting the above ground, overhead actually, far from the ground and away from my dog.
My dog gets all curious and fired up when seeing flapping birds, especially those in distress. So who knows what she'll do to the trap in order to get to the birds. I'm guessing rolling and gouging on it, and deforming the trap as a result.
Garden and Yard Trash Bag Holder - DIY - Part 2
In part 1 of this article, I discussed the procedures to make a sturdy and functional yet inexpensive garden and yard trash bag holder. This homemade project makes use of a few simple items like an old plastic stool, four adhesive hooks and the disposable garbage bag.
There are two types of disposable garbage bags discussed for this garden and yard trash bag holder: those that have flaps or cross-ties that allow you to close and tie the opening, and those bags that don't have flaps. These will be discussed briefly.
This post continues the steps enumerated in part 1.
There are two types of disposable garbage bags discussed for this garden and yard trash bag holder: those that have flaps or cross-ties that allow you to close and tie the opening, and those bags that don't have flaps. These will be discussed briefly.
This post continues the steps enumerated in part 1.
Garden and Yard Trash Bag Holder - DIY
In this situation, we have no choice but to bag leaves, flowers and twigs for the garbage haulers to pick up. That is why disposable garbage bags are a huge convenience for gardening also. Unlike indoors, we don't use a trash bin for the garden and the yard. Instead, we use a trash bag holder to hold the disposable trash bag.
Air Layering or Marcotting (Rangoon Creeper)
The Rangoon Creeper (Quisqualis indica or Combretum indicum) is also known by the common names: Chinese honeysuckle, Burma Creeper, Scarlet Rangoon and Drunken Sailor. Other names for the plant include Quiscual (in Spanish), Niyog-niyogan (in Filipino), Madhu Malti or Madhumalti (in Hindi), Malati (in Assamese), Akar Dani (in Malay) and Radha Manoharam (in Telugu).
The kind that we have is the double-petaled variety. Compared to the single petal variety, the double has smaller petals on the flower. But the cluster of flowers look so much thicker. It is one of the most beautiful and fragrant vines we had. Naturally, almost immediately, we wanted to propagate or make clones out of it.
The kind that we have is the double-petaled variety. Compared to the single petal variety, the double has smaller petals on the flower. But the cluster of flowers look so much thicker. It is one of the most beautiful and fragrant vines we had. Naturally, almost immediately, we wanted to propagate or make clones out of it.
Splinting Weak Air-Layered Branches (Rangoon Creeper)
Although it may not be the best propagation technique that works for me, I've managed to propagate a few Rangoon Creeper (Quisqualis indica) seedlings through the air-layering technique or what others call marcotting. Air-layering the Rangoon Creeper vine especially on branches on top of a garden arbor is quite challenging. This is because you need to climb up a ladder with the marcotting kit and work from there.
