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Organic nectar mix · 15 oz

Mix it fresh.
Watch them
come back.

One clean, organic dry blend you stir into your feeders in two minutes — for hummingbird lovers in every corner of the US. No dyes, no preservatives, just what the birds actually want.

✓  USDA Organic ✓  No red dyes ✓  Makes over 2 gallons
Ruby-throated hummingbird at a feeder
Heirloom
Nectar Mix
Organic · 15 oz
Just add water
USDA Organic
No dyes or preservatives
Safe for the birds
Shipped nationwide
Heirloom Habitats
Nectar
Mix
Organic · 15 oz
Just add water
Our one and only blend

Heirloom Nectar Mix

A simple dry blend you mix with water and pour straight into your feeders. We keep it clean and organic — the way we make it for our own birds. No red dye, ever.

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How to mix it

Two minutes, no boiling

Our blend dissolves in cool water at a 4 : 1 ratio — four parts water to one part mix. Make only what your feeders will use in a few days.

For a single feeder
About 1 cup
1 cup water + ¼ cup mix
Fills one small feeder with nothing left over.
Make-ahead
For a quart pitcher
1 quart
4 cups water + 1 cup mix
Keep extra in the fridge up to a week; refill without re-mixing.
For several feeders
1 gallon
16 cups water + 4 cups mix
A busy yard with three or four feeders at peak migration.
1
Measure
Four parts cool or room-temp water to one part mix.
2
Stir
A minute until fully dissolved — no stove required.
3
Fill
Pour into clean feeders. The red feeder does the attracting — no dye needed.
4
Store
Refrigerate any extra up to one week in a sealed jar.
When to refresh the feeder

Fresh nectar keeps them coming

Nectar spoils faster in heat, so change it on the schedule at right — sooner if it looks off. Rinse feeders with hot water (skip the soap) each time you refill.

Toss it if you see…
Cloudy or murky Black specks / mold White film Bubbles or fizz
When in doubt, dump it out.
Outside temperature
Replace every
Below 70°F
5–7 days
71–80°F
3–4 days
81–90°F
Every 2 days
Above 90°F
Daily
Hang feeders in shade where you can — nectar in full sun spoils fastest.
Spring migration map

Hummingbirds are heading your way

Spring lights up the whole country: Anna’s hold the Pacific Coast all year, Rufous push up the West from February, and Ruby-throats fan out across the East from the Gulf to Canada by mid-May. Hang your feeders about two weeks before your region’s arrival so the first scouts find you.

Illustrated map of the lower-48 United States showing spring hummingbird migration: Anna's on the Pacific Coast year-round, western species moving up from February through May, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds fanning across the East from the Gulf Coast in late February to southern Canada by mid-to-late May. illustrated spring sweep — exact local dates in The Guide
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How reorders work
1
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2
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3
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Hummingbird on a flower
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The Guide to Hummingbird Habitat
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Launching with the nectar mix

The Heirloom Habitats Guide to Hummingbird Habitat

Years of homestead notes in one place — the species that pass through your region, when to hang your feeders, the salvias and bee balm they can’t resist, and how we keep our nectar clean and safe.

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From our homestead

It started with our own feeders

Every spring we watched the first ruby-throats find the feeders on our East Texas porch, and we wanted to give them something cleaner than what we could buy. So we worked out our own recipe — organic, no dyes, nothing the birds don’t need.

Friends started asking for it. Today that same recipe is blended in small batches and shipped to backyards all across the country — from our habitat to yours.

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