Bug Palace Shopping List - Living Willow Wales ============================================== Preparation ----------- * Cutting the pallets about 2/3 back, behind the middle block, gives a good size. * The ground will need leveling and the bricks placed to act as supports and walls for the bottom story hedgehog house. * Use a level to make sure the first pallet lays flat in all directions; you want it all to be stable * Fill the spaces inside with fleece, straw, twigs, bark or anything else you've plenty of * Fill the sides in with larger things first and get these stable and then fill with smaller things Tools And Misc -------------- Level Wildlife Notes and Factsheet Nails Hammer Saw Shovel Drill (corded and cordless) & Bits Wheelbarrow Cord Tarp Shears Work Bench Main Structure -------------- Pallets or strips of wood (five seems to be a good number) Roofing felt (to cover top pallet) Bricks (for base - at least four) Ridge Tiles - the essential cap) Fillers ------- Straw Hay Bark Driftwood Twigs Leaves Corrugated cardboard Stones and rocks: river/beach stones, gravel, etc Broken ceramic pots, cups, jars etc. Plant pots Tiles - broken or whole Pine cones Logs or other bits of wood Moss Fleece Tubes ----- Plastic water pipes of varying diameter Ceramic pipes Poster tubes Drinking straws Old pens Pringle boxes Hollow bamboo garden canes Dead hollow stems cut from herbaceous plants Pithy or hollow lengths of stem cut from shrubs Bricks and concrete blocks with holes