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Do your garden a huge favor today: pile up some sparsely stacked logs or branches and just leave them there, perhaps covered by a tarp. Don’t disturb already f
by gorgoiler 6y ago
Do your garden a huge favor today: pile up some sparsely stacked logs or branches and just leave them there, perhaps covered by a tarp.
Don’t disturb already fallen wood, of course — current weather conditions should certainly provide a surplus of newly fallen branches without having to find old ones.
It’s even more low-effort than a bee hotel and my log sanctuary has been home to hibernating admiral butterflies, hedgehogs, and many fungi and fauna that supply the bottom of the local food chain.
- _Microft 6y agoA few dishes or shallow bowels with water around the garden, refilled frequently, will attract a great number of insect, birds and other animals as well. We frequently see squirrels drinking from a bowl placed on the garden wall for example. Make sure to put some pebbles or branchlets into them, it will help insects get out if they fall in. Also: stone piles can host a lot of animals as well.
- nicolaslem 6y agoUnfortunately depending on where you live this is the best way to fill your neighborhood with mosquitoes.
- pvaldes 6y agoShouldn't be a problem it the bowls remain dry at intervals before to be refilled.
- _Microft 6y agoExactly this. There are some smaller ones that are constantly water-filled but they have no mosquito larvae either. We already speculated that the water in these small vessels might become too warm because they thrive in the larger garden water tanks here. They are pretty harmless though. No diseases transmitting and the bites themselves are harmless. Also nets at windows are somewhat common here.