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Ladybird Ladybird

Ladybirds are good for the garden as they will eat the insects that hurt your plants.  A ladybird house, as well as planting things they like (like dandelion and fennel), will encourage ladybirds to stay in your garden because it provides them with a safe roosting place during cold and frosty nights in early spring and a safe place in which to hibernate in winter.

So why not make one?

how to build a ladybird house

Put your bug house under a shrub or against a wall where it is warm and sheltered but not hot.

bamboo ladybird house

And if you’re feeling a bit more ambitious look at this! Amazing!

Don’t use chemicals in your garden, encourage nature to do the work for you 🙂

12 responses to “Ladybird Ladybird”

  1. Mungai and the Goa Constrictor Avatar

    The insect hotels are amazing. I am definitely going to put something like this together 🙂

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    1. Violet's Veg*n e-comics Avatar

      They are amazing aren’t they? The work that’s gone into them! I’ll go as far as putting some bamboo in a plant pot 😉

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  2. Vishy Avatar
    Vishy

    Nice 🙂

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  3. elisabetta Avatar

    Now that’s in my garden projects list, for as soon as snow will go away from Norway, thank you!

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    1. Violet's Veg*n e-comics Avatar

      You’re welcome 🙂

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  4. naturerestoresme Avatar

    what a great idea! Now i just have to find something that will keep the squirrels from eating my plants.

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    1. Violet's Veg*n e-comics Avatar

      Hmm, I wonder what squirrels don’t like?

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      1. naturerestoresme Avatar

        Well I can’t be sure it was squirrels, but something always ate my sunflowers! So i finally just gave up, and it made me very sad.

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        1. Violet's Veg*n e-comics Avatar

          Aw, that is sad. Maybe you could grow some little ones inside on a window sill to make you smile?

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  5. Sarla Nichols Avatar
    Sarla Nichols

    Do you mean ladybugs or ladybirds?

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    1. Violet's Veg*n e-comics Avatar

      they’re ladybirds in the UK, ladybugs in the US. Same insect 🙂

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