Lawn Care & Design : How to Clean a Birdbath
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- To clean a birdbath, apply organic cleaning products that won't harm the birds, and use a putty knife, wire brush, soft brush and a rag to scrap out the dirt. Use a garden hose to wash out a birdbath with this free video from a professional landscaper on lawn care tips.
Expert: Bill Elzey
Contact: www.showplacelawns.com
Bio: Bill Elzey is the owner and manager of Showplace Lawns in Austin, Texas.
Filmmaker: Todd Green
I like how he talks, relaxed, not in a hurry, and just there to teach. Great vids!
Thanks for this video. I just bought my first bird bath and I want to be sure I keep it clean. Now....to get the birds to come!
Baking soda would probably also be a good non toxic cleaner, and much cheaper
I try and look for smooth, white bird baths, because
that makes it much easier to tell if the water is dirty.
Dark colors and mosaics are the worst for seeing dirt.
Birds are the only creatures that will see these designs
and I doubt they care about the design inside the BB.
The crevices around an interior design inside a bowl
are also the most likely place for mold to begin growing and
these crevices also make it much harder to clean the bowl
(If you don't care about dirty water it doesn't matter.)
I also keep a tightly wound handle strainer hung-up near the bird bath
and use that to clean very minute debris and birdcrap out of the birdbath
between changes of the water. (I buy 3 or 4 at a time at the dollar store)
I change the water at least once a day. Some species of birds like doves
and sparrows will crap in the water on a regular basis. I try and remove
it while it is still fresh and intact.
I went to a Lowes to buy a birdbath recently and I was very surprised
to see that most of them were designed very poorly in my opinion.
But I guess a lot of people buying their first birdbaths are novices
who are more impressed by aesthetics than the utility of the design(?)
I never use my clay/pottery/cement bird baths in the winter. The constant
pressure on the sides from freezing ice at night and thawing during daylight
will cause these bird baths to disintegrate much sooner than they should.
I'm only aware of this because it happened to a neighbor of mine.
I use a heated, white, plastic bird birdbath in the winter but I don't fill it up
too high because the water on the lip will freeze. I thought the heater had
stopped working until realized I was filling it too high. I try an remember
to turn it off and empty it at night but sometimes I forget to do this.
But I live in the suburbs of Philadelphia and people in warmer climates
probably don't have to worry about this.
WRZ
Delaware County, PA
Bill, look at bird bath
@@BirdBath1
My birdbath has NEVER EVER been that dirty.
I use a moist sponge to wipe my BB clean before I refill it.
And I've never received any complaints.
Nothing but satisfied customers.
Ok, look at mine now 😊
#birdbathjamaica
🐦
A power-washer works great...non toxic too. No Cleaning products needed.
a nice product, however I just clean my birdbath using a high pressure washer. I'm reckoning the same could be done for yours, and you wouldn't need the product.
No soap? That'll be like cleaning your bum with a bidet.
That is the dirtiest birdbath I have ever seen and I am curious
how it got that dirty ? Are you in a northern climate and leaving
the BB out all winter for some reason ?