Helping Relieve the Housing Shortage
@GardenGerty (169406)
United States
March 12, 2016 7:41pm CST
The robins and other wild birds will be ecstatic.
I gave hubby a hair cut.
I always cut his hair, but I did it in the back yard this evening.
This time of year nesting materials like hair are at a premium, so I am glad to help the critters out. I swear I saw them watching us. I heard the robins singing too.
Let's just see who answers me without reading and what they have to say about the people who have no homes.
I gave hubby a hair cut. I always cut his hair, but I did it in the back yard this evening.
This time of year nesting materials like hair are at a premium, so I am glad to help the critters out. I swear I saw them watching us. I heard the robins singing too.
Let's just see who answers me without reading and what they have to say about the people who have no homes.17 people like this
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@cindiowens (5120)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
13 Mar 16
I once found an abandoned nest. It had fell on the ground. It was amazing what they had used to make it. Hair was abundant in it. (I did read, lol.)
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
13 Mar 16
They love scraps of fabric and yarn as well. I was waiting to see if anyone talks about helping the homeless.
@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
13 Mar 16
I take the hair from my brush and let it fly in the wind. I heard that birds use the hair for nesting materials.
Good one on the title of your discussion. Too many leave irrelevant comments to discussions. I have a hard time giving them a like for their response.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
13 Mar 16
I need to do that with my brush. So far so good on the responses, though. All about bird nests.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
13 Mar 16
@GardenGerty Glad to see that some are really reading the content of the discussion!
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 Mar 16
did you see any sneak some hair? We need to do this for hubbys, we often do every now and then, and so much easier to just sweep off the back porch
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
13 Mar 16
Warm weather is a great time for outdoor hair cuts. I did not see any sneak anything, but the cat was busy out in the yard and may have been too dangerous.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
14 Mar 16
@Jessicalynnt just looking and listening in my backyard is a joy. We have lots of squirrels around too. They have tons of energy.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 Mar 16
@GardenGerty cat, nesting stuff, cat, nesting stuff....cat will leave, then we raid! lol
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@Marilynda1225 (91013)
• United States
13 Mar 16
I'm sure your feathered friends are happy with your contribution to their nesting
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
13 Mar 16
I need to get busy with some needle work and put out yarn and threads too.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
14 Mar 16
@Marilynda1225 Different birds like different stuff. Just like us.
@Marilynda1225 (91013)
• United States
13 Mar 16
@GardenGerty I never thought to throw out my bits of yarn for the birds to use.
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@T_gray (7772)
• Salina, Kansas
13 Mar 16
haha. I thought it was said you could put hair in your garden for something.....to keep the bigger critters away maybe? I am not sure. I could be completely wrong. But that is awesome that you are doing your part to help house the birds...hehe
Oh and you changed everything up on your profile. I had to take a double take earlier to see it was you.....hehe
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
13 Mar 16
I had forgotten. They do say hair in the garden keeps deer away and possibly other things as well. Yes, I decided to update my profile. The drop down does not allow Florence Kansas so I had to choose Marion, which is ten miles away.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
14 Mar 16
@T_gray 400 people. It is near the junction of highway 77 and 50. From Salina there are two basic ways, depending on what part of Salina you want to be in. You can go out 70 to Abilene, down 15 to 56 near Hillsboro and then 56 to 77, or down 135 to McPherson, to 56 etc. either way it is over an hour.
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@T_gray (7772)
• Salina, Kansas
13 Mar 16
@GardenGerty Is Florence small? I have never even heard of it
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
13 Mar 16
How interesting, I had no idea that the birds would use the hair for their nests. I did read your post lol.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
14 Mar 16
So far all who have responded have read my post. One person found my title odd, said I seem to have a problem. Yes, some birds use human hair, and I have seen them use yarn scraps as well.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
14 Mar 16
@GardenGerty You have a problem?? Hmmm interesting.
@celticeagle (189792)
• Boise, Idaho
13 Mar 16
Weird titling. You must have a problem with this. I remember when I was young and found a nest. The stuff that was in it. Ugh!
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
13 Mar 16
The wierd title was deliberate. It was to see who would just read the title and not the post. I have found nests over the years. Different birds use different things. A lot of them like human hair. Or even animal hair. They will pull the hair of a horse's tail.
@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
13 Mar 16
Is that your lovely place GG?
It is nice that you cut your hubbys hair and that the lil birdies can build nests with it haha
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
13 Mar 16
Yes, Oshy, this is my duplex that is becoming single family. If you look closely at the big window in the left that is where I am when I am using my desktop.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
13 Mar 16
@GardenGerty Hahha it is so lovely Heather..much like where I remember in Kansas.
@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
13 Mar 16
Yes they can and it will be soft and warm for the babies.
@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
13 Mar 16
His comment is that I can just shave it all if it is a problem. That is what his dad always did. His hair is so curly it hardly matters how it is cut.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
14 Mar 16
I do not remember when or where I learned this. My family have always been big into nature.
@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
14 Mar 16
I knew I could not be the only one. Hair trimmings also are good to enrich the soil for roses.
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@LadyDuck (502200)
• Italy
14 Mar 16
@GardenGerty I have never tried to enrich the soil, but this is a good idea, thanks for sharing.
@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
13 Mar 16
what a clever idea ... you're so right about nesting materials.... I bet they flew down and picked it up quick...
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
13 Mar 16
I will go out and look around later today to see what I can tell if it got picked up.
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love to hear birds chirping@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
13 Mar 16
I think every little kid does that at least one time. I think the birds will be using the hair for their homes. We do not appear to have any homeless people in our town.
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
14 Mar 16
We cut each others hair here to save $. The hair is one of the favorite things for the birds it seems. They also retrieve the hair from our pets we have noticed.
@JudyEv (381815)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Mar 16
It is very sad when people have no homes - but you didn't catch me!! I don't think my husband would ever let me near him to cut his hair - not that I blame him.
but you didn't catch me!! I don't think my husband would ever let me near him to cut his hair - not that I blame him.@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
13 Mar 16
There are other ways to contribute. I guess I may not catch anyone.
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@JudyEv (381815)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Mar 16
@GardenGerty If you don't, then that is a good thing. :)
