Granddad Builds An Entire Village For Mice In His Garden

The Dodo

Wait til you see their pub! Gez told us about the truly magical reason he built this little village and what it did for his dad ✨

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00:00Wow, look at that. Is that not just magical?

00:06Oh, dear me.

00:08My philosophy is, no matter how long they live in my garden,

00:11they'll have the best possible life they can.

00:13Is that not just amazing?

00:15Look at this.

00:21Whoops. We'll have no trouble in pubs.

00:24Oh, dear. He's been thrown out for drinking.

00:27I think he were drunk.

00:28I showed my dad, who's got dementia,

00:30he would count the mice when they popped their heads out

00:32and I would see how much it would make him smile.

00:34It was absolutely heartwarming.

00:36Can you see your dad?

00:37I see your dad, yeah.

00:38He's come out to see you.

00:40Another one coming up that side and up that side.

00:42The mouse family really showed me a way to connect with my dad.

00:45Remember, you used to count these up garden, didn't you, Matt?

00:48Them days are gone, but they're always in my memories.

00:51I wish you could come back up garden, Dad, to see them. I really do.

00:56I call the mice that live in the village the Bramble family

00:59because they live by where the blackberries grow.

01:02And mice love blackberries.

01:09Then there's the Honeysuckle family,

01:11who live in the log pile by the Honeysuckle tree.

01:13You can see the Honeysuckle family right in force,

01:16making most of the nice weather.

01:18Never the two shall meet, because when they do,

01:26it's a world war.

01:34Back in 2020, I was photographing birds in my garden.

01:38And there it goes.

01:41Hey, mouse, what are you doing?

01:43And I looked down at some mouse and thought, that's interesting.

01:46Goodness me, that's just magical.

01:50Oh, my goodness, look how many mice are in that log.

01:54And then I spotted a whole family of mice living in an old log.

01:59I know lots of people consider them as pests,

02:02but they give me so much joy.

02:05When's food coming out? Is that all you ever think about, food?

02:09So I was inspired to do something special for the mice.

02:12I started to build them small little houses.

02:15That's the magical log house I made.

02:19Looks like it's going to be a good night tonight, mouse.

02:22Good afternoon, and we're live from Ten Bramble Street

02:24as Mr. Mouse comes to the lectern.

02:26Mr. Mouse is standing in the next general election.

02:29And then it became a small village within the garden.

02:34If I've had a bad day at work, as soon as I go up garden and spot a mouse,

02:38it just makes me smile.

02:39Oh, my goodness, look at that. Wow.

02:42Mouse, what are you doing?

02:45My garden's not just a home to the mouse family.

02:48It's also a home to various hedgehogs,

02:52lots of bird species,

02:55frogs.

02:56Goodness me, that's absolutely magical.

03:00And two foxes that visit nightly.

03:05As my grandkids say, it's like a mini nature reserve on your back garden, Grandad.

03:11He's their guardian, aren't you?

03:14He likes watching them.

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