{"id":7458,"date":"2015-04-01T12:00:20","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T16:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=7458"},"modified":"2015-02-16T21:41:22","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T02:41:22","slug":"building-a-wildlife-wall-in-your-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2015\/04\/01\/building-a-wildlife-wall-in-your-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Building A Wildlife Wall In Your Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7460\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Wildlife-Wall.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7460\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7460\" alt=\"Wildlife Wall in Bristol, TN Garden\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Wildlife-Wall-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Wildlife-Wall-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Wildlife-Wall-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Wildlife-Wall.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7460\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wildlife Wall in Bristol, TN Garden<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b><br \/>\n<\/b>Many beneficial garden insects, such as ladybugs and ground beetles, struggle to find habitats in our\u00a0manicured gardens. Consider creating an attractive wildlife wall to lure them in.\u00a0Keep them happy and they will help\u00a0reduce harmful pest populations.<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Douglas Tallamy, through his thoughtful book \u201cInviting Nature In\u201d and other writings, have spurred gardeners to\u00a0invite more beneficial critters into\u00a0their gardens. One fascinating project is to build a wildlife wall. It is a very simple task to put one together. No two may look alike, so\u00a0add your own creativity.<\/p>\n<p>A wildlife wall is a shelter full of all kinds of holes and crevices so that any creature (toads, spiders, and any other insects) that needs a hiding place that wants to can move in. Within a short time you may observe mason bees, ants, even a tree frog. Some of nature\u2019s beneficials such as snakes, wasps and hornets will come, but\u00a0may not be welcome.<\/p>\n<p>Suggested Materials:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Sedum,<\/em> <em>Sempervivum, <\/em>or<em> Delasperma<\/em>\u00a0plants<\/li>\n<li>cinder blocks and\/or bricks\u00a0(with holes in them)<\/li>\n<li>small\u00a0blocks of wood, drilled with different sized holes<\/li>\n<li>roof or drainage tiles<\/li>\n<li>sheets of\u00a0plywood or planks of wood; old wooden pallets<\/li>\n<li>straw, corrugated cardboard, slate chippings, various diameters of bamboo, clumps of moss, twigs<\/li>\n<li>soil and\/or sand<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Select a quiet (less frequented) area of the garden and establish the base using cinder blocks, bricks, and\/or tiles.\u00a0Leave plenty of gaps where critters will find shelter and move in. Use roof tiles to keep excess moisture out.<\/p>\n<p>Solitary bees\u00a0may make homes in the bamboo cane holes. Ladybird beetles will create laying sites in rolled up corrugated cardboard. Create a living roof by planting with iceplants, sedums, sempervivums, and other\u00a0arid-loving plants which attract numerous pollinators.<\/p>\n<p>Once friendly critter inhabitants have moved in, your wildlife wall requires no attention. Expect some organic parts (wood, straw, moss, etc.)\u00a0to decay over time and need some repair. Straw\u00a0may be taken away\u00a0by nest-building birds elsewhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many beneficial garden insects, such as ladybugs and ground beetles, struggle to find habitats in our\u00a0manicured gardens. Consider creating an attractive wildlife wall to lure them in.\u00a0Keep them happy and they will help\u00a0reduce harmful pest populations. Dr. Douglas Tallamy, through his thoughtful book \u201cInviting Nature In\u201d and other writings, have spurred gardeners to\u00a0invite more beneficial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[747,1208,1206,1207,630,748,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7458"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7458"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7518,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7458\/revisions\/7518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}