FWIW: White crowned sparrows are intermittent visitors here in NE North Carolina and can be found under the bird feeders; hunkered down and feeding in slight ground depressions; rarely on the feeders. They like to eat the spilled black oil sunflower seeds on the back steps. I would place wood pieces on the ground as "platforms" and sprinkle seed as distractions. They will still go after vegetation and insects, but not so much during this time of year. Mark Mazer Hertford, NC On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 1:28 PM Jack & Val Myrick via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > I understood Buckwheat to be a summer cover crop. > We use it then in our coop gardens here in the Sierra foothills at 2,000 > feet. > > Val Myrick > Sonora, CA > > > On Jan 17, 2022, at 12:46 PM, Christine Doud via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > > *interesting. I never knew they ate bulb leaves. I have always had some > > form of lawn or grass,complete with worms and whatever else inhabits the > > patch. Buckwheat sounds like a great idea. I have natives buckwheats - > > several kinds. What about coreopsis. There are some tiny ones that have > > tons of seeds. * > > > > On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 8:26 AM Judy Glattstein via pbs < > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > >> Buckwheat is a quick maturing crop that, when dug into the soil improves > >> fertility. > >> > >> "It establishes quickly, which suppresses summer weeds . . . . Buckwheat > >> has a growing period of only 10–12 weeks and it can be grown in high > >> latitude or northern areas. Buckwheat is sometimes used as a "green > >> manure <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_manure/>", as a plant for > >> erosion <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erosion/> control, or as wildlife > >> cover and feed." > >> > >> "Buckwheat seeds will sprout in about a week, but the best time to sow > >> buckwheat seed is while temperatures are still cool (below 70 degrees > >> Fahrenheit) since warm weather can cause slow growth" > >> > >> On 1/17/2022 10:25 AM, Jim Barton via pbs wrote: > >>> Does anyone know of a cover crop that will attract White Crown Sparrows > >> better than my just coming up bulb leaves? Lettuce will work but I > want to > >> eat that myself. My current solution is to use bird netting. > >>> > >>> Jim Barton > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> pbs mailing list > >>> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > >>> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > >>> Unsubscribe:<mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus/ > >> _______________________________________________ > >> pbs mailing list > >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > >> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > >> Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>