Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Hummer feeder cleaning tools, 1 by ladyannne

ladyannne wrote:
I discovered something that works so well I wanted to share it. My hummer feeder "kit" consists of a wire, green scotch pad, a regular nail or vegetable brush, a small flute brush and pipe cleaners. The wire came in a package sold as clothes hanger wire, described as guy wire on the package, it's vinyl or plastic coated steel, quite stiff. I took about a thirteen inch piece and turned both ends, one one inch long and the other about two inches long. If I put the greenie (cut to 1" x 2") inside the feeder bottle, I can scooch it around and clean the entire inside of the bottle. The wire pulls the greenie back out again. The brushes and the pipe cleaners clean every nook and cranny in the bottom perch portion of the feeder.