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The debate about feeding birds in winter - is it helping or hurting them?
My neighbor told me last December that I should stop putting out seed after a big snow because it makes birds dependent on humans. I kept feeding anyway, and I saw a flock of 15 chickadees and nuthatches survive a brutal cold snap in my backyard in Vermont. But now a local Audubon group put out a notice saying feeding can spread disease if you don't clean feeders weekly. Has anyone else gotten conflicting advice about winter feeding, and what do you go with?
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the_linda14d agoTop Commenter
Weekly cleaning is the real game changer here.
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faith_thomas14d ago
Read a thing from a home organizer that said most people overestimate how much they clean and underestimate how much they actually need to clean. That stuck with me because for years I'd do a random wipe down of counters and call it good. The weekly deep clean changed how my house feels between the bigger cleanings. Do you have a specific day you stick to for that or just do it whenever?
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milesbailey13d ago
And what kills me is how the stuff we use to clean changes everything. I got one of those spin mops a couple years back and now I actually look forward to scrubbing the kitchen floor on Saturdays. The old string mop just pushed dirt around and left the place smelling like wet dog. Now I'm that person who notices when someone's wood floors look cloudy from using the wrong cleaner. My wife thinks I've lost my mind but at least the baseboards are finally clean after ten years.
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