A pile of dead wood provides food and habitat for many animals.
If you want to create such a species-rich habitat in the garden, you should consider the following things.
Similar to a brushwood pile, the deadwood pile also offers an ideal and, above all, species-rich habitat.
While most hobby gardeners burn their clippings in the spring, others build a pile of dead wood.
Big or small, many animals settle in a pile of dead wood.
But mushrooms also find a suitable breeding ground here.
But which materials are needed and how do you build a pile of dead wood efficiently?
We have the answers.
Pile of dead wood in the garden - materials required
The following
types of wood are
used
for the dead
wood
pile:
Branches
Branches
Pieces of root
if necessary, filler material such as dry leaves or dry moss
But
tools
are also needed:
Gloves
Safety shoes (advisable)
Depending on your needs: pickaxe, spade, shovel and wheelbarrow
The last tools are only needed if a pit is also to be dug.
The wheelbarrow is also not absolutely necessary, unless the distance between the wood and the location for the pile of dead wood is too great.
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Pile of dead wood in the garden - choice of location
If you want to create a pile of dead wood without a pit, you can plan up to two hours for this, depending on the size. Otherwise it may of course take more time. Before starting work, the ideal location should of course first be selected. You should make sure that this is
not in a depression or hollow
. This can be explained by the fact that water can collect there, which could be dangerous for the animals. You should also think in advance which animals you would like to house there. The appropriate location is selected accordingly.
But the
microclimate
is more
decisive than the
shade or the sun
.
Lizards and snakes, for example, like to live wet and shady.
Other animals prefer the sun for this.
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Pile of dead wood in the garden: These animals benefit from it
Depending on how your pile of dead wood is laid out, these animals can feel at home there:
be crazy
Beetle
Shrews
Hedgehog
Amphibians
Reptiles
Pile of dead wood in the garden - this is how you proceed
If you have the opportunity in your garden, you can create a pile of dead wood with a pit.
However, it is important to know that the pit is with
hard wood and coarse branches.
Leaves and moss can also be selected as filling quantities.
But even without a pit, a species-rich habitat can be created.
The selected
branches and root pieces
are
stacked on top of each other
so
that they are stable.
After all, the heap shouldn't collapse right away.
Little by little, new residents will move into the pile of dead wood and find a new home there.
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