Our gardens can be like a mini-habitat for wildlife if we use them like that. They can be a source of food, water and shelter for wild animals, including mammals, bird, amphibians and insects. In this blog, we are going to look at how you can help insects, with a bug hotel. Bug hotels are a great way to help insects in your garden and a good way to encourage insects into your garden. There are two ways that you can have a bug hotel in your garden. The first is to buy an already made bug hotel for your garden and the second is to make a bug hotel for your garden.
Of course, buying your bug hotel is easier, as you can just place it in the garden when you have bought it. However, if you are looking for a fun way to do it, then you should build one. Here are several steps to take when you are building a bug hotel for the wildlife in your garden. #1 Get Your Materials First, you need to get your materials. There are many things that you can use for your bug hotel for the wild animals. Most commonly used are things like wood, twigs, logs, bricks and plant pots. If you are going to use plant pots, don't break them, because that could and will hurt animals. Instead, put the plant pots in whole.
#2 Building Your Hotel The nest thing that you will do, is build your hotel. Your bug hotel can be any size you want it to be. Big or small, it will make a difference to the wildlife in your garden. Decide where in the garden you want to build your hotel. Find a place which is both suitable for the hotel and for wildlife. Build it where it is cool and damp, under a tree or a hedge, or within a garden, the meadow would be ideal.
When you have your spot, then you need to build it. You will have to pile your materials on top of one another. So, if you have logs, pile on top of one another. However you create it, make sure that it is safe and secure, you don't want it falling on any small animals, such as frogs, mice and even insects. Here is a video example of how you can create a bug hotel.