Bird Watching: How do you deal with hulls?, 1 by Lady_Eagle

Lady_Eagle wrote:
I can't believe it! From having only one house finch just weeks ago to this! Now I tend to have 12+ house finches visiting at once. I also have seen a downy woodpecker a couple of times, and 4 goldfinches (they've since moved on, I think) and 2 darling chickadees!

I also can't believe the rate at which they are eating my seed! If this keeps up, I may have to switch from sunflower kernels to BOSS in the hulls. I've used this seed before, but couldn't keep up with the mess.

I know that the hulls can kill the grass, so once or twice a week I was out there raking the grass. However, I only got up some of the hulls, the rake passes over many. So I worried constantly about the grass dying from the missed hulls, and I hated having to pluck sprouts from the lawn!

What does everyone use to clean up hulls in their yards? Thanks! ;)