EDIBLE BIRDHOUSE
by Evelyn Lee, 03/20/06
Have you ever wished you could have your house and eat it, too? Not so practical…unless you are a bird (or Hansel and Gretel). But for our feathered friends, the wish comes true with Atelier Oi’s Edible Birdhouse. This cute and crunchy birdhouse is a great landscaping option for bird watchers, as it is both a bird house and a bird feeder – making it doubly attractive to your fly-in visitors (and suited for birds with Modern sensibilities). Of course, there’s just one problem, if you eat your house, you don’t have it any more. Guess you’ll have to buy a few backups.
Nice idea, but one thing comes to mind. Are the seeds used suitable for our native birds? If a high proportion of the seed is not, they will simply peck off the unsuitable ones which fall to the ground providing a regular feeding place for rats who are not at all choosey! Not so good?