Hello Gardeners, I’m Amanda McNulty with Clemson Extension and Making It Grow. There is a huge pine tree fell in my vegetable/flower garden and it broke two sprinklers along with all the other mess. Thankfully, they feed off a well separate from the city water that goes to the house. I’ve got three hoses joined together to keep the large containers we use are bird baths filled with fresh water.
Fall is our driest time of year –-- good for harvesting peanuts, cotton and soybeans but hard on wildlife. Containers of water should be in open spaces and have a perch – in my case a brick – so birds can find an easy way to lit and any insects that fall in can crawl out and fly away. Birds are particularly attracted to dripping water so if you have a faucet that can slowly add a drop at a time your watering spot will be even more attractive to them.
