Hi John, its been a while since I had time to get involved .
As you say my wife mixes everything all together and puts into the microwave to melt the suet that binds all the ingrediants. The mixture varies with what we have at hand at the moment, but the basics are the Sunflower hearts, sultanas, mixed seed, bran, and flour. At this time of the year we don't put out pea nuts so they are not included in the cake until next winter. I am having trouble at the moment with a pesky Squirrel, it persistantly attacks the cake, thankfully it ignors the hanging feeders. Whenever I see it I dash out, clapping my hands and chase it up the lane. Each time I chase it the cheeky blighter becomes less and less afraid, and only keeps a fiew pases in front of me now. At this rate I fear it might retaliate and turn on me.
The Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock and the Wood Pigeons seem to be the main consumers of the cake at this time of the the year.
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