{"id":4686,"date":"2021-06-20T09:07:51","date_gmt":"2021-06-20T09:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/?p=4686"},"modified":"2024-08-27T11:22:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T11:22:07","slug":"lavender-for-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/lavender-for-birds\/","title":{"rendered":"Lavender for birds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lavender for birds &#8211; content creator: Petrus A. van Tonder<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"290\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lavender-for-birds-2.jpg\" alt=\"Lavender for birds\" class=\"wp-image-5998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lavender-for-birds-2.jpg 290w, https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lavender-for-birds-2-260x300.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A garden plant is a small shrub, with highly aromatic grey-green, silvery, or light green leaves. It has square stems, and highly aromatic small purple, mauve, pink, white or blue flowers. It is evergreen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"nutritional-value-of-lavender-for-birds\"><strong>Nutritional value of lavender for birds:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Anti-biotic, anti-fungal, anti-bacterial agent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Feeding:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Take the leaf, either fresh or dry, and either add 2-4 teaspoonfuls of the herb, chopped finely, to the daily rations that you mix together. Or make a tea which you can add to drinking water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"407\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lavender-for-birds.jpg\" alt=\"Lavender for birds\" class=\"wp-image-4689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lavender-for-birds.jpg 407w, https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lavender-for-birds-281x300.jpg 281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By: Margie Frayne<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lavender is a very popular garden plant. It is a small shrub, with highly aromatic grey-green, silvery, or light green leaves. It has square stems, and highly aromatic small purple, mauve, pink, white or blue flowers. Lavender is evergreen and can last in the garden for 3-8 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, it must be trimmed back constantly. Prune lightly in early spring to encourage new growth. Then pruned again down to the hardwood in mid-summer, or after flowering. Never cut into the hardwood, as this will not re-shoot, or most likely, will cause the plant to die right back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Constant short trimming will keep the lavender bush attractive and will prevent the plant from collapsing open in the middle. Lavender prefers to grow in full sun, in well-drained, compost-rich soil. It likes a lot of water as a young plant, but once established, it can tolerate a lack of water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lavender can be given alone, or in combination with a range of other wonderful stress-reducing herbs to alleviate stress-related problems. Such birds calm down quite rapidly after being given the herb and can be treated for as long, or as short as necessary. The stress-reducing active ingredients in many herbs, not only lavender, are not habit-forming and do not cause birds to become lethargic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have lavender growing in your garden you can prune off a few branches and once a month place them on the floor of the cage and let the birds eat as much as they want. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7709226522417656\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7709226522417656\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"7555211683\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>You might also be interested in this great herb for birds: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/alfalfa-lucerne-for-birds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/alfalfa-lucerne-for-birds\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on the logo to visit the Meridian Herbs website:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"http:\/\/meridianherbs.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"381\" height=\"187\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Meridian-Herbs.jpg\" alt=\"Meridian Herbs\" class=\"wp-image-4682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Meridian-Herbs.jpg 381w, https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Meridian-Herbs-300x147.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The full article is also available in the following free Standard edition that can be downloaded by clicking on the cover:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/download\/free-world-wide-birds-magazine-vol-1-no-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"236\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/World-Wide-Birds-Magazine-Vol-1-No-10.jpg\" alt=\"World Wide Birds Magazine Vol 1 No 10\" class=\"wp-image-4691\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lavender for birds &#8211; content creator: Petrus A. van Tonder A garden plant is a small shrub, with highly aromatic grey-green, silvery, or light green leaves. 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