I will certainly vouch for the power of lemon juice--it got all of the
bleach smell off of my hands last night. No siskins in the snow as of
yet this morning. Could be worse--my dad report as of 12 Noon our time,
the backyard temperature in Omaha is -2 with a wind chill of -58 at last
report. Brrrr! RK

On Thu, 18 Jan 1996, Bill Walle wrote:

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> I've been using stainless steel mesh bottoms on all my feeders in the last year.
> The seed does not stay wet, no moisture is retained, and fungus or other growths
> are kept to a minimum. This does not negate the need for periodic cleaning but
> I haven't needed to use anything as caustic as ammonia. Looking at lemon juice
> as an active cleaning agent.
>
> Bill Walle
> Beaverton, Oregon
> bwalle at teleport.com
> http://www.teleport.com/~bwalle
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> Subject: Re: Salmonella Warning at your Feeders
> Author: guide at teleport.com at SMTPGATE
> Date: 01-18-96 9:49 AM
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> Ray Korpi said:
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> >To kill the bacteria, wash your feeders and baths
> >with a bleach solution, rinse thoroughly and let them dry. You also
> >need to rake any litter out from under the feeders where possible.
> >ANything you can get up will help.
>
> First of all, thanks Ray for raising our awareness on this issue!
> Secondly, if you're like me, I don't care much for the toxic/caustic
> nature of bleach, ammonias, etc., so if you want to kill salmonella
> in a way that is friendly to the environment & wildlife and won't be
> harmful to you either, then let me know and I'll pass on what I've
> found. ...jon
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Hm: Portland, OR a cardinal perches
Wk: Clark College on the tip of a tamarack sawyer
Vancouver, WA like an ornament on the hood
rkorpi at clark.edu of the Kaiser's most influential car."
--William Kloefkorn, from
_Platte_Valley_Homestead_, #4