This year I made up 30 suet balls weighing about one and half to two pounds each...about 25pounds of suet, 10 pounds of raw shelled peanuts, 8 pounds of small seed, 8 pounds of sunflower seeds, 6 pounds of peanut butter and 3 pounds of lard.. Got some butcher mesh, and cut up coat hangers. It took a few hours to make, then I started to put them around the trail at By the Lake Park for all to enjoy. Its only been a couple of days and the birds are takeing a likeing to them.