Create a mini beast refuge in your garden. Logpile Habitat for International Day for Biological Diversity.

Love them or loathe them why not provide a habitat for mini beasts in your garden or yard.
Why? They are part of our ecosystem, and even the tidiest garden has a place for a nature corner.

By creating a habitat that is not managed, you are in effect acknowledging that biodiversity is essential to us all. Making an oasis for bugs in your garden gives your kids a place for close encounters with the weird and wonderful universe of Arthropods etc. A logpile refuge will help to generate both beneficial and detrimental populations of bug life which in turn may attract the animals that prey on them - birds, reptiles, amphibians et al.

Time-lapse flowers? Bah everyone's doing that! Time lapse lignin decay is what you need :)

Go on,  do your bit for Lady Nature and 2010 International Day for Biological Diversity, May 22nd.

Here's what you will need......

Step 1 ....sticks.....

You don't need to stack up a whole Sequoia, just scale the amounts to your space.

Comments

[masterochicken]

This isn't something you would normally think to put in your garden. I love it.

[bosherston]

I'm glad you love it. Quick - go and build one. No hang on, wait until you gather some really awesome timber and then make the most excellent Arthropod habitat in your neighbourhood.