I created an insect watering station on the south side of the
hugel beds at
Wheaton Labs. There's a lot of wind and sun there, and I wanted to encourage more beneficial bugs to stick around.
Here are two images of the materials: the first is a platter I found at Goodwill for $6. The second is the pile of rocks and gravel from which I skimmed the "standing materials."
This image is of the watering station in progress. As it happens, I wasn't settled with this particular arrangement, so this is like version 1.0 .
I realized that there wasn't
enough shallow surface for more bugs, so I grabbed some gravel from the rock face and removed most of the twigs. I was more satisfied with this version, and then it started raining so I will let Mother Nature do the work of filling it completely with water.
Should you need an image of that to clarify this station's effectiveness, I can eventually comply with that.
Thanks,
volunteer reviewers! :)