There's been a lot of water projects at the Epic Homestead, rainwater capture, gray

water, as well as an epic pond that's gone into the backyard and I can't tell you how

much it has changed the landscape.

Birds, bugs that I never knew existed are all over the property now and I'm excited because

we have Aaron Brichito back on the show, The Nadi Garden, on Instagram and you've got

some water sources on your property as well because you're a certified wildlife habitat

so you, I think by the rules you have to, right Aaron?

Yes, exactly.

So water sources are really important for local wildlife, for drinking, eating, preening,

bathing, so it's a critical component to having a certified wildlife habitat at a home

garden and I do this in several ways in my garden.

So one of the ways that I do that is through bird baths, how simple is that?

All that you really need to do is to put out some sort of dish vessel.

You really need to make sure though that it is shallow enough to be safe for the wildlife

to use, particularly with birds.

So you can't necessarily put out a huge bowl, it's going to need to be a dish.

You don't need to buy a bird bath at a big box store, it doesn't need to be fancy to incorporate

this element into your garden.

So what I have done is put out several areas within my garden bowls with rocks for the birds

to enter, to bathe, to preen, very easy and inexpensive to do.

Something that is more complicated to incorporate but it is more beneficial for different types

of wildlife, our fountains and ponds.

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