The Bug House Fence (My Wildlife Garden)

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My Wildlife fence/bug house fence.
My name is George Smallwood. I am passionate about all things wildlife. I live in Crookes where I live in an end terrace house with a small garden. Despite only being small I have lots going on for nature. Bird boxes, a small pond, a hedgehog house but my favourite is my two bee hives situated on my shed roof known as the Bee Eco Shed. It won 'shed of the year' in 2018.
I started making lip balms using all natural ingredients. It took a lot of trial and error to get the perfect mix but finally I have created something I am very proud of.
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@tiborposer487 2 ай бұрын

Can you give us an update? How does it look like after 3 years, what kind of insects are there, any problems you found, does it bother the neighbours, how to improve the next one, etc?

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

10 years on now but I'll see what I can do 👍 All positive feedback from the neighbours.

@spencersnow9811 Ай бұрын

@@SmallwoodBees An update video on this would be awesome. I'm curious how this looks after several years. Very cool design, well done.

@Gnolomweb Ай бұрын

@@SmallwoodBees Yall must not have lots of bugs. Here, they find enough places to be for sure.

@prophecyrat2965 Ай бұрын

@@SmallwoodBeesyour neighbours must be truly great humans, tho In teying for sometjing similar, Granted a fisr bit larger, and Ive already got Complaints!!! Ill post a vid in some time, though Im going for a more “native american earth mounds/ earthships walls”… So wish me luck, hope I can chnage how my community understnds nature.

@jacob1121 Ай бұрын

You can just check the street name on google maps, looks basically identical to the video.

@vociferonheraldofthewinter2284 Ай бұрын

This is THE best idea I've come across in a very long time. 3:05 nailed the entire concept. I'm older and disabled and we need a fence. I hate that everything physical falls on my husband. I am more than capable of making a small frame with chicken wire on one side by myself, then stuffing the pieces, then stapling on the chicken wire on the other side to close it. Piece by piece, this is done with waste products over time. This is happening in Arizona! My bff in Florida is going to be in love with the concept, I'm sure. Thanks for spreading the inspiration around the world, friend!

@kotukuwhakapiko467 Ай бұрын

U go girl

@nicholaswoollhead6830 Ай бұрын

I am the president of ohr communal garden association here in Copenhagen, and we are definitely doing this. We were just gona do a normal "twig-fence" or whatever you alds call them - you know, the ones where you just set poles on either side and fill them in with sticks and such. But this is much nicer and a more varied habitat for the bugs. Thank you so much.

@SmallwoodBees Ай бұрын

That's wonderful news. The main reason I do the videos is to share ideas and hopefully have people do the same or better. Please send me a photo when you've done it. Good luck 👍

@argfasdfgadfgasdfgsdfgsdfg6351 Ай бұрын

Make sure to drill the holes orthogonal to the stumps, not parallel to them.

@TheRealHonestInquiry Ай бұрын

@@argfasdfgadfgasdfgsdfgsdfg6351 Please explain. Is that perpendicular to the grain or parallel? The sides or the ends, and why?

@_orodrigofernandes 2 ай бұрын

That's really clever and interesting. It got me thinking about tearing down my brick and mortar wall lol

@seaweedeater3104 2 ай бұрын

That is a labour of pure love, love for nature, love for life. Well done. Beautiful.

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂

@panpawedunker3870 Ай бұрын

beatiful idea

@SmallwoodBees Ай бұрын

Thank you 👍

@eddvcr598 Ай бұрын

This house is my dream home! I love the idea of my garden supporting a whole ecosystem!

@pinballwizard6906 16 күн бұрын

Now that’s cool ✌️😎

@emilytheriver8722 2 жыл бұрын

Your house was one of my favorite segments on Gardener’s World! I was so inspired! Here in Portland, Oregon there’s a “Backyard Habitat Certification Program,” and as I’ve been working on transforming my garden in accordance with their program…. Your garden has been such a design tool.

@SmallwoodBees 2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou so much. Really glad you like it. You'll have to send me some pictures of your garden

@grannysweet 2 ай бұрын

Hello, what format is Gardener's world? Roku? TV? Book/magazine? Thank you for your help. I miss Oregon so much . How's Portland? What glorious art this fence is. 😊

@s-c.. 2 ай бұрын

@@grannysweetGardeners’ World is a show on BBC out of the UK, assuming that’s the one they’re talking about ( it’s the only one I know of 🙃). They have a website, but try googling where you can watch it in your part of the world. It’s a great show for gardening 👍

@veronica_._._._ Ай бұрын

BBC

@imogeninnit Жыл бұрын

What an amazing idea! Such a thoughtful way to encourage wildlife

@kingy002 Ай бұрын

Big respect. I love it.

@SmallwoodBees Ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

@warwarneverchanges4937 Ай бұрын

Welcome to the positive algoritm only 2 years later 😁

@thermonuclearwarhead Ай бұрын

❤

@evilcuteness8194 Ай бұрын

Cool.

@user-uh9ho1wk4x 2 ай бұрын

good man we all have to help nature right now

@zonzillamagnus5902 Ай бұрын

Why?

@ralsharp6013 2 ай бұрын

Wow! That looks great! Anthropoid city over yonder, just beyond Spider kingdom ❤

@tessmonro7102 2 ай бұрын

Wow, what a lot of work👏 and so inspiring. I can see a new fence for my vegetable garden taking shape.

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂 Good luck 👍

@theeastman9136 2 ай бұрын

Great inspiration, thank you you bug lover. 🤭👍🏼

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂

@y0nd3r 2 ай бұрын

Fantastic!

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂

@stalwart56k 2 ай бұрын

Brilliant!

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂

@pawel19677 2 ай бұрын

Very nice .

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂

@charleejay4777 2 ай бұрын

Brilliant

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂

@Howwerelivingfishing Ай бұрын

Cool idea 👍

@SmallwoodBees Ай бұрын

Thank you 👍

@woodleyman4548 2 ай бұрын

You're a creative genious mate. Well done .

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

I wouldn't go that far but cheers pal 😁

@criscris2959 2 ай бұрын

Que útil y bonito!❤adoro esta valla llena de vida

@christinakostadinova7579 2 ай бұрын

This is so wonderful 🐛🪰🦎🦋🐝🐞🪳🐌

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Thankyou. I don't live there now but it's still going strong 🙂

@lucky1u 2 ай бұрын

Great idea! I'm inspired..

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂 👍

@DinoDelight 5 ай бұрын

That's incredible 👏👏👏👏

@SmallwoodBees 5 ай бұрын

🙂

@Mermedon24 Ай бұрын

Cool idea

@andrewcollins4033 2 ай бұрын

Its like the Neom project for bugs!

@fishingforbees 2 ай бұрын

Love it!!

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂

@monicaericsson2692 2 ай бұрын

Well Done ❤🐝🕷️🕸️ ❤ it looks great and makes you feel happy to know someone understand the importance of insects. It inspires others to do something about it too.

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂 I hope so 🤞

@snoopaka 2 ай бұрын

Good on you. Bravo

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂

@swansong5263 Жыл бұрын

How brilliant is this! Inspiring and so original! I love it and I suspect the wildlife do as well.

@SmallwoodBees Жыл бұрын

I've just walked past today. Still sad to have left left it behind but it's still looking great. All the plants are starting to grow through and over it now too 🤗

@SmallwoodBees Жыл бұрын

I've just walked past today. Still sad to have left left it behind but it's still looking great. All the plants are starting to grow through and over it now too 🤗

@NHWildlife 2 ай бұрын

Very cool!

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂

@emilylidie5120 2 ай бұрын

this is brilliant!

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂

@scattypetty 2 ай бұрын

I love that!

@1212haro 2 ай бұрын

I love you… this is brilliant! So respectful of our environment. ❤️❤️❤️

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Thankyou :) I love seeing the wildlife so everybody wins

@1212haro 2 ай бұрын

@@SmallwoodBees We are organic gardeners in the middle of town, in a small community. We encourage all kinds of beneficials to our lot. Bees, wasps, hornets, birds, etc. They are just not allowed to build nests on our lot, as that is what makes them aggressive. Your fence idea will be implemented next season once our rock wall is finished. It will be the perfect topper for hibernating insects. ❤️

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

@1212haro sounds great. Keep me updated on it please 👍👍

@splintmeow4723 Ай бұрын

So brilliant, absolutely love it.

@SmallwoodBees Ай бұрын

Thank you 👍

@RayMirshahi 2 ай бұрын

This is 5 star ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ accommodation for insects! Well done sir. Beautiful, functional and multipurpose. Stacking functions as in permaculture. Thanks for sharing👍.

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Thank you 😁

@sylphienne 2 ай бұрын

Wow! I actually love this, i think I’m going to do that instead of having a normal, boring and useless fence. Not only can you grow vining plants but instead of having ivy’s you could grow fruit vines like grapes, kiwis or passionfruit or even have vining vegetables as well. I think I’m gonna do either a kiwi or passionfruit vine.

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂. I like your plan 👍

@veganvocalist4782 Ай бұрын

beautiful idea ;D

@adamtheownerofyourpassiona3879 2 ай бұрын

thank you!

@jimmyfaulkner5746 3 ай бұрын

Outstanding

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Thankyou 🙂

@jolewis6913 2 ай бұрын

Brilliant, thanks. For people who have a fence that goes to the ground, they could create 13x13 cm gaps for hedgehogs too!

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Build a garden for hedgehogs, and everything is catered for 👍

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

The gate either end provided access for hedgehogs. I don't live there now but we used to get one very regularly

@jolewis6913 2 ай бұрын

@@SmallwoodBees yes, our gate too, but the other end of the garden has a concrete wall which I should drill a hole in for the hedgehogs but I.m a bit scared to ! The top panel has fallen out and that’s where I want to replace it with your brilliant idea of the bee hotel.

@mariGentle 2 ай бұрын

That is phenomenal ❤

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂

@mijardindesprolijopau Ай бұрын

voy a hacer uno!

@andymann7762 9 ай бұрын

Love this ! Have started my own using the brick method. Cheers George.

@SmallwoodBees 9 ай бұрын

That's great to hear. Please send me a picture when you've made some. I'd still staple all over even with the bricks if you're keeping it together with chicken wire. So it stays all even

@drawyrral 6 ай бұрын

Why didn't I think of that? I love it.

@SmallwoodBees 6 ай бұрын

Glad you like it 😁

@paulwheeldon3487 Жыл бұрын

That's amazing! I'd be scared stiff that kids set it alight though.

@SmallwoodBees Жыл бұрын

I was a little worried about that but it's not been a problem and it's nearly covered my ivy now too. if you look at the video the secret garden I've made a thinner simpler one. I really think it works for fencing method. All about increasing surface area for creatures

@louisegogel7973 2 ай бұрын

@@SmallwoodBeesI wonder if you mix the rocks and wood, if that would provide more habitat and deter fire bugs. Definitely the ivy growing over is a great thing for so many reasons.

@kinfolk127 2 ай бұрын

That's neat..

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂

@frankijzendoorn5111 2 жыл бұрын

Looks like you worked really hard on the fence! A luxury hotel for the insects!

@SmallwoodBees 2 жыл бұрын

It's a labour of love 😊

@Lovelygreens Ай бұрын

What a wonderful idea!

@Sir-Dexter Ай бұрын

nice

@EverythingLyric0326 2 ай бұрын

Oh i do ❤ this! Hello from Lake Charles, Louisiana ~ America

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂

@omerbar7373 Ай бұрын

Cool Idea!

@george-1961 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely brilliant.. First time have come across your sight. Will be definitely taking examples from this 👌👏

@SmallwoodBees 3 ай бұрын

It's one of my favourite creations. I could easily get carried away and do it everywhere :)

@george-1961 3 ай бұрын

@@SmallwoodBees In all honesty, this is quite clever and looks so natural and a lot better on the eye than normal fencing. I can see why you get easily carried away with it 😉

@ChrisJohnson-pd4hh 2 ай бұрын

@george-1961 - Surely you mean site not sight? Two very different things!😊

@george-1961 2 ай бұрын

@@ChrisJohnson-pd4hh I keep on doing this 🤕. My spelling is good, I keep on mixing up similar words. Need to concentrate more.

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

@@george-1961 I wouldn't worry about it. I do the same :)

@JK-ox2kp 2 ай бұрын

How beautiful! Thick Bamboo might work for tree frogs in Aus (and maybe elsewhere)

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂. I would love to be trying to get tree frogs. Nothing so exotic in the uk

@veganvocalist4782 Ай бұрын

brilliant ;D very well done sir , LOVE it, Will share and subbed

@dr.jekyll5234 Ай бұрын

Very good. Im doing it the brick way. Consider running the planks through fire until black to weather proof them and then build the brick squares out of those and add the same charred wood roof to it all to make it last and add shelter. I even wax it with leftover bees wax from my hives and then its really resistant.

@Zakalwe76 2 жыл бұрын

Mate, you need to come do my fence. What a legend!

@SmallwoodBees Жыл бұрын

Cheers 👍 😁

@rawforyou5514 2 ай бұрын

Very beautiful. Something to keep in mind. Inspiring!!!

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂

@gromotion933 Ай бұрын

Love it!!! its like the frindly brother of the evil stoneprisons they build in Germany and call them Gambionen...

@SmallwoodBees Ай бұрын

Ha. Thank you. Very kind of you 👍👍

@landonnobles2309 Ай бұрын

Brother, this is incredible. I share your passions and I'm blown away at the effort you put into this. It came out amazing.

@user-wk4ee4bf8g 2 ай бұрын

Good job dude, that's a lovely way to rewild that wall. In a way, everything is wild. City sidewalks have lichen, many insects, poop residue to fuel microbial diversity, all sorts of crazy stuff going on down there. I love watching insects in the garden, they're superior beings in a lot of ways. Makes sense, they've been around so long and have had time to evolve the craziest adaptations. I really like the intention behind the future with the ivy covering all the niches within, that's some tasty gardening :)

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂 I totally agree 👍

@user-wk4ee4bf8g 2 ай бұрын

@@SmallwoodBees Ya dude :)

@miranda_imp 9 ай бұрын

Love it and what a great idea 👍

@peoplesfundraising9286 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the great idea. Will put one at the bottom of our garden! 🙂

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂 Keep me updated with how it goes please 👍

@mikebracken69 2 ай бұрын

Legend 🎉🎉🎉

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂

@w.rowechmura8414 2 ай бұрын

A lot more thought went into this than I would have expected. Awesome job! ❤

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

There did. Ever evolving in how best to make it too. Thankyou 🙂

@jules153 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, looking forward to the next installment 😎

@mannyb4265 2 ай бұрын

Never seen anything like it. I love it! Hi from Brisbane, Australia.

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Hi. I'm sure it'd work in australia too though once built I'd never go near it again 😁

@maidinulster 2 ай бұрын

Wonderful work really impressive. Well done 💙

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍 😊

@argfasdfgadfgasdfgsdfgsdfg6351 Ай бұрын

Unfortunately you drilled almost all of the holes wrong. You should drill orthogonal to the stumps, not parallel to it. The way you did it, the wood will splinter over time and bees will avoid the holes to not hurt their wings. Most of the 'bee hotels' nowadays are build wrong, too.

@dismurrart6648 Ай бұрын

Do you have any recommendations for where i can learn the right way to do it?

@wild-radio7373 Ай бұрын

Proper Way is: done like spore plugs to inoculate shitake plugs into logs... ❤

@Avocado740 2 ай бұрын

Fantastic idea

@Headoffury Ай бұрын

That's banging mate

@its_me_dave 2 ай бұрын

Subscribed 👍

@Helmutlozzi Ай бұрын

Holy moly thats a smart wall!!

@SmallwoodBees Ай бұрын

Thank you 👍👍

@haram2163 8 ай бұрын

Love it. I've been looking for an screen idea and I think I have just found it. Very impressed.

@SmallwoodBees 8 ай бұрын

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@SmallwoodBees 8 ай бұрын

That is the best one for a screen I reckon. Easiest one anyway. Key is to staple it all over else it'll bunch over time at the bottom 👍

@caterpuss Ай бұрын

I would love to do this but I live in forest fire area. This is a brilliant idea.

@SmallwoodBees Ай бұрын

Yes that does pose a problem. Maybe a rock one? Dry stone walls still make good habitat

@thenextpoetician6328 2 ай бұрын

A super cool random find. I've made the odd bug motel, and now I'd like to build a whole neighborhood. There are grass snakes and toads in the garden and plenty for bees, and wasps, but this is next level by quite a bit.

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Sounds great. I'd love some toads and even more so a grass snake. I'd love to get a slow worm too. Not sure they are in Sheffield though. Maybe too far north

@ehhhsteve8582 2 ай бұрын

One thing to keep in mind is if you create a situation where there is a too high density of available habitat, it can cause disease to spread, predators and parasites to thrive, and other potential issues. Its good to diversify (similar to this fence) and may be even better to drill only a hundred holes or so each year rather than all at once. Think factory farming vs. polyculture as a comparison.

@thenextpoetician6328 2 ай бұрын

@@SmallwoodBees With a bit of good fortune and a hospitable micro-climate, who knows what can happen ...

@TEPO-- 2 ай бұрын

FAB, WONDERFULLY CREATIVE and so beautiful too❕ Thank you for inspiring habitats ♥️

@johntheherbalistg8756 2 ай бұрын

That is awesome. I wouldn't put all the leaves and paper in it, myself, cuz my area is too dry and prone to fire, but I could definitely go with some of the bigger logs. We have many species of bees that live in those holes, and a few species of idfk what it is that makes those holes, so that could be good

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂 Not as much of a problem in the UK. I wouldn't use leaves normally but I was running out of things to fill it with 🙂

@TommeoAndJuliet 2 ай бұрын

Brilliant Great job Thank you

@camojoe83 2 ай бұрын

That's awesome, but I wouldn't be able to use the leaves and stuff like that around here. It would be full of hornets or wasps pretty much instantly. The wood sections are cool, and the window box method you hit on there at the end is an excellent way to do it, tho the stapled panels on the big sections would work fine for me.

@daniellapain1576 Ай бұрын

There’s an old Swedish style of fence that has a similar purpose for the garden as the fence deteriorates you add more branches to it as they tend to be trimmed or fall off the trees every year late winter. So your fence posts are made out of the thickest branches that you find and gapped across from each other. Once you add branches you want them to be placed in the gap at roughly 45 degrees. You tie them together on the vertical thick branches about every 40-50cm up and it locks in the loose branches. I use spare wire for this but traditionally oiled twine was used.

@randiclark1 2 ай бұрын

A Lovely fence!

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

It's still going strong too but now with Ivy running through it really nicely

@MaeveWumbo 2 ай бұрын

you're so awesome :)

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂

@MaxWeinhold Ай бұрын

That last segment with the bricks is great modular design, I envision being able to scale up this process to make industry work for, rather than against nature, with prefabricated bricks that you mix-and-match to bring in a variety of different habitats!

@SmallwoodBees Ай бұрын

I'd love to do something like that on a bigger scale. I just got no idea how to go about such a venture

@jukama7671 Ай бұрын

Looks really good, but I heard recently we shouldn't drill so many holes into the wood or at least not so closely, because the bee mites can easily spread that way. In nature where there is one hole here and there bee mites apparently don't spread between the wild bees so well that way. But the do spread if we put too many holes into a log.

@rlportillo 2 ай бұрын

That is awesome! Wish I could do something like that, but here in the southern US, it would become one giant ant colony. Blessings!

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂 Yes that would prove problematic 😁

@shaash5236 2 ай бұрын

Brilliant ❤

@CD-kg9by 2 ай бұрын

Pretty cool idea. The materials put in aren't ideal and I see a loot of (too) big holes and not too many small ones, but other than that - nice project. I wouldn't have drilled the framing and pillars though. Since it's directly next to the walkway, it has to have some trustworthy structural integrity.

@eternalfizzer 2 ай бұрын

This is amazing! You've really inspired me to try a few new things with scrap materials (reno off-cuts, prunings, cardboard that isn't suitable for composting). I love creating habitats for beneficial insects, etc. I'm looking forward to trying a few new things in the garden this spring.

@mg4mg281 Ай бұрын

Thx ^^

@jaywalker3087 2 ай бұрын

You Got Me With The Title....

@hanswurst1125 Ай бұрын

This is awesome!!! 👍👍👍

@AnnetteLovesFreedom 2 ай бұрын

Love it, wonder what the neighbours say about it though, mine would complain.

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂. I don't actually live there now bit they were all very complimentary

@bosatsu76 2 ай бұрын

Excellent idea... Love it... Will do that myself starting right now. And nothing says you can't grow tomatoes, beans, or cucumbers up it as well.

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂 Good plan 👌

@grannysweet 2 ай бұрын

This is glorious 💖!! Had a small bug house in my backyard in the 70's. Drove a neighbor crazy once she found out about it. She called the COPS on us for it. Cops laughed till they couldn't stand straight. But that fence is a work of Art. What a treasure to have in your neighborhood. Do schools walk by ? Glorious, just plain glorious. Thank you for sharing. Are you in book form? Please leave link.

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Thank you. They are. It's on a school run so get loads of kids seeing it. Just on KZfaq at the moment 🙂

@BizarreAvenir 2 ай бұрын

This is very inspiring. Thanks for sharing!

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂

@mwmingram 2 ай бұрын

George. You rule.

@SmallwoodBees 2 ай бұрын

Cheers :)

@lordneador3724 2 ай бұрын

Really nice concept and cool look to it as well! However the round trunk cuttings with holes parallel to the grain are quite bad in terms of (flying) insect habitat. The tend to splinter and crack, making the holes unusable. For flying insects its always better to get some hard deciduous woods and drill perpendicular to the grain, then smooth out the corners of the bore hole (as you have done in some other places in the fence). Lovely to see projects on this scale!