Easy Hummingbird Food Recipe
It’s spring time which means the hummingbirds are coming back. Every year my grandma would hand a hummingbird feeder so we could watch the hummingbirds from her kitchen window. I carried on that tradition with my kids. Now that they are grown and off to college I look forward to the days I feed the hummingbirds with my future gandkids just likemy grandma.
Hummingbird food is really a simple recipe. It consists of sugar and water. You boil the water to make sure it is clean and pure for your hummingbird friends.
This is a basic plain sugar syrup. Do not use food coloring. The hummingbirds will love their freshly made nectar.
Info for feeding hummingbirds:
Hummingbirds eat the most during the early morning and about a half an hour before dark so it's best to check on your hummingbird feeder just after dinnertime.
Humming birds are drawn to the colors red and orange. To attract them to your yard plant bright hues of red and orange flowers. It's also good to make sure your hummingbird feed has red on it too.
A few good hummingbird friendly flowers are petunias, lupine, lilies, and bee balm in shades of reds and oranges.