Housebuilding!!

I decided the time had come for some major refurbishment in the Hedgehog Household. The last home had just been used as a bit of a flop house so Heath Robinson here we come!!


The basis of Hedgehog Mansion is :

A Milk Crate.


I attempted initially to cut out the milk slots to make more room but after about and hour got fed up.

So I packed the inside with broken up polystyrene made some holes with an old soldering iron and then wired a piece of old wood inside to make a 'roof cavity'. A bit like poor mans loft insulation but it should also become somewhere that insects can hide in.


Here is Hedgehog mansion positioned behind the bamboo.

I blocked the holes on 3 sides with old edging stones and bricks. I put some large old lumps of wood on top and dumped loads of rotting wood around. Now over the winter I will gradually add to the heap as I find 'stuff'.


Thus hedgehog mansion becomes a combined compost area, food cupboard and hotel room.

I have piled up loads of loose grasses and leaves beside it as in the past I have found if you leave ample bedding around rather than stuffing it all inside Mrs Hedgehog drags it in and that way its easy to tell if you have any tenants.

And this is how much of Hedgehog Mansion is viewable from the rest of the Garden.