build a butterfly drinking spot in the garden Have you ever noticed how butterflies gather on moist spots in a garden? This is known as puddling. Butterflies pull the moisture and minerals they need out of the damp soil. Males are known to be drawn to these puddles frequently, seeking salts salts and minerals which [...]

Wildlife gardeners just love their brush piles and I am no exception. Mine had grown to a point where if What the Heck awards were given for brush piles, I could just prep my acceptance speech now. When I first started on the project I searched for how to instructions – I’m just the type [...]

There is an abandoned kids playhouse on my property and I keep looking at it, thinking that I really need to make some sort of wildlife shelter from it. I haven’t got a clear picture yet of what I want, my world has been focused on renovating the woods and planting an understory. But now [...]

This is a wildlife project you can do with kids or for an adult who just likes to make backyard bird friendly items. Fruit cups make great winter bird feeding when berries and natural fruit foods are getting scarce. Tip: If doing this with children, just go ahead and go outside right now. It’s messy. [...]

Rocket Box Bat House Plans A rocket box bat house is one of the easiest designs to build for a backyard habitat. They are simple yet make an effective structure for attracting bats. We selected to build the rocket box style bat house because after researching different designs we felt that it would allow bats [...]