Once upon a time, I loved fireworks. They were fizzing bath bombs in the sky, snap, crackle and popping with such colour and ferocity that it all but squeezed the breath out of my lungs. Nowadays, though, I know about their dark side – which is why I’m challenging everyone to build a DIY hedgehog house before Bonfire Night.
I first vowed to make my garden more hedgehog-friendly when I learned that there are fewer and fewer of these prickly creatures to be found in the UK each year. So, when I learned how often hedgehogs mistake bonfire stacks for cosy hibernation spots, I was horrified.
