the ground around my bird feeder

[nightshade]

my bird feeder is a wooden post with metal arms carring 3 feeders,black sunflower, sunflower hearts and niger mix or finch /canary feed.
problem I now have a dense matt of herbiage of unknown orogin and the grass has lifted 50mm as stuff grows in the lawn does anyone else get this
(this the first time ) and what do you do with it

[Tinkerbell]

I noticed this week, that the actual seeds in the feeder which are exposed, have started to shoot! * Previously, I've had the same thing happen to the ground beneath, as you are experiencing, nightshade. Being of inquisitive mind, I tend to leave it and see what comes up. We've had lots of small sunflowers this year - produced in this way - together with various grasses.

*Which reminds me, why aren't the birds interested in the various treats I've been tempting them with? Fruit, bread, cake, seed etc. just isn't being devoured. Is it all to do with this mild weather?

[pheonix]

if your not to fussy about tidyness i would be inclined to let nature take its course it would be of benfit to the birds and many other insects and animals

[nightshade]

T he biomass is forming a spongey area ,but what bothers me more is I can no longer clean up properly and I do not want to give my visitor colly-wobbles