How can I keep birds from eating grass seed that I just put down?

Question

I ask because my husband just turned the ground over in our front yard,and i want to sprinkle grass seeds.In the past we have done this and the birds come and eat some of it.Many Thanks in Advance.Be Blessed! Monica

Answer 1

Straw will work best as it will decompose and enrich your soil, but you will have to keep it moist for the first few days, or it will blow away. With decent weather it should only take about a week before you will see the grass starting to come up.

Answer 2

Hardware and lawn care stores sell a netting that you can lay down on top of the area. It comes in a roll (like a carpet, but shorter.) It lets the grass grow through the netting, but keeps birds from being able to get at the seeds.

Answer 3

Just keep putting out the seed until you have the stand of grass you want. The birds are going to eat lots of it but they can't get it all.

Answer 4

I have seen people stake a fishing net or similar over the area so the birds cannot get through the holes. Perhaps you could also put streamers on the stakes which will blow around in the wind and scare the birds off.

Answer 5

We cover ours with hay or something like it the grass still grows but keeps the birds out

Answer 6

I would try to reason with them, its amazing what talking to them can do. Its verry hard for them to resist delicious grass seeds.

Answer 7

use straw, not hay . hay has too many bad seeds in it. or you could buy some landscape fabric and cover it untill the seeds sprout.

Answer 8

Put straw on top of the area.