How to Make a Bug House
This bug house craft is a great way to attract pollinators to your garden.
Yield: 1
Cost: $10
Equipment
- Scissors or pruners
- Hammer and nail or rope
- Stapler for wire mesh
Materials
- Wood box
- Sticks twigs and small logs
- Pine cones
- Dry leaves
- Bark
- Seed heads
- Cardboard pieces
- Moss
- Lichen
- Plant reeds or bamboo
- mounting bracket or velcro optional
- chicken wire or mesh optional
Instructions
- Gather materials from the garden.
- Include pieces of cardboard or wire mesh.
- Start grouping plant material in sections of the box.
- Cut pieces of cardboard to wedge in between to help hold the materials in place.
- Fill the box until the materials are in so tight that when you turn it upright nothing falls out.
- Or use some wire mesh across the front and staple it to the side to hold everything in.
- Hang on a tree trunk, fence, or shed near your garden several feet from the ground in a sheltered spot.
Notes
I was able to hook my bug house on a tree knot but it may not be very stable. You may want to try hanging your house using a birdhouse mounting bracket or glue a large piece of velcro to the back.
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