Pour the seed into large plastic popbottles. They store well and it is so much easier to fill the feeders now. Onion bags that you normally throw out also make good feeders. Simply fill them with suet or melt some beef fat if you should have some on hand and then form it into a ball. Drop into the onion bag and then hang from the nearest tree.
Sparrows actually prefer their seed sprinkled onto the ground.
3. open the window an inch or so and check that the tail pipe is clear of snow. Start with a simple form and start packing the snow into the desired shape. You can use any impliment to carve the snow that you happen to have handy. Keep working until you are happy with the results or too tired to care anymore. Snow won't collapse on you so get creative.