isclosure: I received a starter set; opinions shared are mine.
You probably heard about the big wildfires that have been raging through East Tennessee. This week, we had the relief of some wonderfully rainy days to quench our dry earth. During those storms, the wind blew down a few trees and scattered pine cones everywhere. Before long, winter will be here and the birds will be needing some easy-to-find nourishment. It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost a year since I posted about homemade suet cakes. It’s a delightful way to bring feathered friends to your backyard. Think about the people on your Christmas list. Is there an outdoorsman? An elderly shut-in? A mother with small children who would enjoy having an easy activity to do with the kids? You Do It Suet makes a wonderful gift! The starter kit sets you up with a silicone mold and simple recipe selection.
Suet is a quick source of energy for birds. We have several woodpeckers in our backyard, and they love to devour our homemade suet. The least expensive suet I’ve found in store was $0.75. I can make a cake of suet for just a few pennies using grease from cooked ground beef and adding some pantry ingredients, including peanut butter and cornmeal. We usually have birdseed on hand, too, and I add that to the mix. I didn’t realize, though, that there are so many suet recipes online!
We have a garbage disposal in our sink. My husband is vigilant about keeping grease out of it. Making suet is a win-win situation. You can take something you would normally throw out and use it to help the local wildlife! It’s a big bonus that the silicone mold is dishwasher safe. I was reading the FAQ’s and learned that bacteria cannot live in fat. See, I knew I needed to keep my muffin top for a reason!
Thanks to You Do It Suet for participating in our Holiday Gift Guide.
We have a lot of birds that I feed all the time.
I have a lot of wild birds in my backyard that we usually buy suet for and this would save us quite a bit of money.
I have a lot of birds in the backyard and I bet they’d go crazy over this and my bird will enjoy watching them!
I love to feed the wild birds, we have many different kinds out here in my area!
This is brilliant, a great project for kids.
I have chickens and I would love to try Winter Warmer. This is a great discovery! Thank you.
I live in the country in the mountains so we have TONS of birds that come around. I usually try to keep suet and other feed for them because I really enjoy watching them. And of course the other little critters that invariably show up with them.
we have birds, my daughter says they have chosen us and we need to feed them
We back up to a beautiful woods where we have a resident woodpecker and lots of wild birds to watch 🙂
I’d try the Bird Brunch recipe.
We have a bird feeder and a lot of birds. We also have a naughty woodpecker who likes to hog the hummingbird feeder and chases the poor little birds away.
Yes we have quite a few birds we feed.
We do have wild birds in our yard and I would love to make the BACON SUNDAE RECIPE recipe for them.
I’ve seen blue birds in our backyard before!
my husband does feed the birds during the winter months-I’d like to try the recipe for Birds Gone Wild Recipe
How neat! We have tons of birds! I’d make the Berry Pink.
Feeding backyard birds is a favorite part of visiting home in the summer. My folks live in the countryside and it is a birding hotspot. Making our own suet treats would be fun!
I would like to try the Nutty Feast Recipe for our birds that visit daily.
This is such a cool idea, we love to feed the birds in winter and watch them out the window.
Thanks,
Karen
We get tons of birds in our back yard that love to eat. So I would love to win this and give them the opportunity to eat some good food!
I’d like to bake the suet cake for birds!
I’d like to get started with feeding the ones in the front yard. They hang out there in the tree.
yes we have birds and we have one cardinal that is back sleeping outside the bathroom window again this winter
This is a unique gift idea for those hard to shop for people.
My husband and I love watching the birds. I would love to make the Holiday Delight.
Yes I do have wild birds to feed. I have a feeder now and a suet block that the birds love and I get a few wood peckers with bright red heads that feed from it. I have never thought or tried making my own suet block, it sounds like fun. I would love to make them the Berry Pink Suet Cake. Thanks for a great giveaway!
We’d love to try the Granola Cake! We have a lot of birds in our backyard to feed!
My mother in law loves feeding wild birds in her yard.
I’d like to try making the Wild Bird Medley recipe for all the little birdies in my yard.
We’d love to try the Granola Cake
I live in the woods so we have lots of different types of birds. I would love to try the P-NUTTY FEAST RECIPE or the year round recipe.
We always have birds squawking in our yard. We have robin red breasts, bluejays, cardinals, as well as pigeons and chickadees.
We do have a lot of birds in our backyard.
We have some birds but not a lot.
I would love to make my own suet cakes. My MIL used to make her own with lard — the birds went wild for it.
We gets lots of wild birds in our yard. This would be great.
I collect my meat grease in a jar then toss it once it has hardened. This would be an easy way to attract birds in the winter.
I like the cape cod blend recipe.
My husband and I love watching the birds.
We have lots of wild birds.
I would like to make the Winter Warmer recipe for my chickens & the Nutty Feast for the wild birds.
I don’t have wild birds in my backyard to feed. I have pigeons. I would love to see beautiful birds.
This is a great prize! I’ve been making our own suet in plastic containers, but they are often to big to fit in our suet feeders. Thanks and God bless!
I love the starter kits. So easy to do!
My mom would really enjoy this. She and her husband like to feed the birds and look out at them.