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