Thursday, March 4, 2021

Basic construction techniques

 Condos are made with light, thin pine wood. I line the back of the condo with paper-covered Styrofoam(1 large sheet at one dollar at Dollar store). This allows the tubes to be easily removed in October. Also I take pieces of the Styrofoam and remove the paper, then I use the bare Styrofoam to cover the roof to keep the tubes dry during rain.

I use two kinds of materials for tubes. Black bamboo needs to be cut and shaped to get the maximum number of bamboo tubes into the condo. A special set of cutters is needed to shape the bamboo. The other material is white paper.

The cocoon cache is made from 6 things.

1. Large plastic candy jar

2. pillow bag (like a white screen)

3. 1/4 inch hardware cloth

4. milk bottle carrier

5. aluminum pie pan

6. large heavy rock


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