Pinecone aka A Fell-Firs Seedling Traditional Cache
Pinecone aka A Fell-Firs Seedling
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Do NOT approach this one from Raven Glen (Main
Entrance) otherwise you will cross private property!!! The two
sections of this forest preserve are NOT connected. Please start
from the Raven Glen WEST parking area along route
173.
This is a seed cache from the Engle Memorial Park cache by Fell-
Firs (GC1DNRB). We have finally planted this little guy in the
field.
Since the junior cacher and I rode our bicycles from home to place
this seedling, there is a GREEN FTF PRIZE for the first cacher to
go green to this cache. That is, be the first person to use any
non-motorized means (i.e. bicycle, walk, run, inline skate, etc) to
get to the cache from your HOME and you may take the GREEN FTF
PRIZE - A Sacawajea $1 Coin.
Congrats to Hugh Foundit on the Mostly Green FTF - He carpooled
here with a friend who drives a Pirus. That's Green for someone
that's not a local!
Another GREEN FTF PRIZE available - This one goes to the first
cacher to go GREEN via non-motorized means all the way from their
HOME.
Also, In case you find some real pinecones on your way to this or
any other cache, here is a set of instructions to turn them into
bird feeders.
Materials you will need for each pinecone feeder:
A large, open pinecone
Vegetable shortening, lard or suet
Oatmeal or corn meal
Birdseed
A few feet of string, fishing line or twine
Mixing bowl
Butter knife
Spoon
Pie tin, paper plate or cookie sheet
½ cup measuring cup
Optional: High-energy bird foods such as dried fruit (cut in small
pieces), chopped nuts, sunflower
Step 1: Assemble your materials.
Step 2: Tie a string around the wider, stem end of the
pinecone.
Step 3: Mix ½ cup vegetable shortening (or alternative) with ½ cup
oatmeal or corn meal in a mixing bowl until well blended. (This
amount will cover one large pinecone or two or three smaller
ones.)
Step 4: Thoroughly spread the mixture over the pinecone with a
butter knife or back side of a spoon.
Step 5: Pour the birdseed into a pie tin or on a paper plate or
cookie sheet. If you choose, you can add any of the optional
high-energy foods to the birdseed. Then roll the pinecone in the
birdseed until well covered.
Step 6: Suspend the feeder from a tree branch outside.
To keep squirrels from eating the seed...
Try hanging the feeders with monofilament fishing line that is
three to four-foot in length.
To attract a diverse group of birds...
Use a seed mix that is 50 percent black sunflower seeds, 35 percent
white proso millet and 15 percent cracked corn. Avoid seed mixes
that contain milo (sorghum) and wheat since these seeds are not
preferred by most birds.
Additional Hints
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