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Well Spring has finally sprung in the Knockanrawley Community Centre’s community allotment.\u00a0 The last few days of sunshine has seen us very busy.\u00a0 There is nothing like getting out into the sunshine and fresh air.\u00a0 It’s chicken soup for the soul as someone once put it.\u00a0 So for our first blogpost, we thought that we’d share some gardening tips for Spring time.\u00a0 \u00a0We hope you enjoy them and find them useful.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/knockanrawley.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/MAKE-AN-INSECT-HOTEL-KNOCKANRAWLEY-COMMUNITY-CENTRE.jpg” admin_label=”Gardening tips for an insect hotel at Knockanrawley ” _builder_version=”3.21″ background_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.01)”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Objectives of the Ability Programme” _builder_version=”3.21″ background_color=”rgba(30,30,30,0.03)” custom_margin=”|0px||0px” custom_padding=”|10px||10px”]

One thing we really loved learning about was how to make an insect hotel.\u00a0 Although they may annoy us sometimes, bugs are really important in the garden and what better way to encourage them into the garden than to build an insect hotel.\u00a0 \u00a0This is also a great project for families to do on the days when it might not be so warm.<\/p>\n

A bug hotel provides a place of shelter for insects in the cold winter months.\u00a0 \u00a0 The main reason we need insects, and encourage them in the garden, is because they pollinate plants.\u00a0 \u00a0If we didn\u2019t have them then 80% of all the plants we use for food would disappear.\u00a0 In fact, without pollinators the human race could disappear.\u00a0 So we learned that it’s really important to encourage them into the garden.<\/p>\n

How to make an insect hotel<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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1. An insect hotel is made up of sticks, bamboos, bits of bricks and timber so first gather whatever you can find. You an also use things like pots, or branches, or cardboard rolled up.<\/li>\n
2. Get a bit of a drainage pipe or an old flower pot with the bottom missing.<\/li>\n
3. Stuff this with bamboos, leaving the cut ends exposed, and in no time your hotel will be full of the most amazing creatures.<\/li>\n
4. The insects will naturally find their way into it as they like dark and small places.<\/li>\n
5. The key to creating any bug hotel is to make sure that there are holes, cracks, decomposing materials, nooks and crannies for a range of different types of insects.<\/li>\n
6. To encourage even more of the pollinators it\u2019s a good idea to plant wildflowers nearby.<\/li>\n
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   Be sure to share your Bug Hotel images with us on our facebook page.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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