{"product_id":"huws-squirrel-treehouse","title":"Huw's Squirrel Treehouse","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e\n@import url('https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Fraunces:opsz,wght@9..144,600;9..144,700\u0026family=Newsreader:ital,opsz,wght@0,6..72,400;0,6..72,500;1,6..72,400\u0026family=DM+Mono:wght@500\u0026display=swap');\n.prod-wrapper { font-family: 'Newsreader', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif !important; max-width: 900px !important; margin: 0 auto !important; color: #2b2a26 !important; line-height: 1.7 !important; font-size: 18px !important; text-align: left !important; }\n.prod-wrapper * { box-sizing: border-box !important; }\n.prod-hero { position: relative !important; overflow: hidden !important; background-color: #22362a !important; background-image: radial-gradient(ellipse 55% 60% at 50% 105%, rgba(240,170,80,0.40), transparent 62%), radial-gradient(ellipse 45% 45% at 12% 10%, rgba(176,112,29,0.22), transparent 60%), radial-gradient(ellipse 45% 50% at 90% 20%, rgba(120,160,110,0.20), transparent 60%), linear-gradient(160deg, #2f4b3a 0%, #243a2d 55%, #1a2a20 100%) !important; 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border: 1px solid rgba(232,176,100,0.55) !important; color: #fdf8ee !important; font-family: 'DM Mono', 'Courier New', monospace !important; font-size: 12px !important; letter-spacing: 0.1em !important; text-transform: uppercase !important; border-radius: 40px !important; padding: 6px 14px !important; }\n.prod-photo { margin: 26px 0 26px 0 !important; padding: 0 !important; }\n.prod-photo img { width: 100% !important; height: auto !important; display: block !important; border-radius: 10px !important; margin: 0 !important; }\n.prod-photo-cap { font-size: 14px !important; line-height: 1.5 !important; color: #6b6255 !important; font-style: italic !important; margin: 8px 2px 0 2px !important; text-align: left !important; }\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-hero\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-hero-icon\"\u003e🌰🐿\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eA squirrel’s own house, so your bird feeder gets left alone. The last 117.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHuw Pritchard, sixty-five, built fences across Anglesey for 38 years before he ever built anything for the squirrels. His shoulder won’t take the torch any more, so these are the last treehouses he will make.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-count\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eHand-torched pine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReady to hang\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRed \u0026amp; grey squirrels\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e90-day guarantee\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-story\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I spent years trying to keep them out of everything. Then I gave them somewhere better to be, and they sorted the rest out themselves.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-story-by\"\u003e— Huw Pritchard, fencer, Newborough, Anglesey\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-h3\"\u003eWhat it does for your garden\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-features\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat-ic\"\u003e🐦\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat-t\"\u003eThe bird feeder gets left alone\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat-d\"\u003eA squirrel doesn’t raid your feeder out of spite. It goes where the food is easiest. Give it a stocked table of its own a few metres away, and that is where it goes first.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat-ic\"\u003e🌷\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat-t\"\u003eFewer bulbs dug up\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat-d\"\u003eTulip and crocus bulbs are genuine squirrel food. A full house nearby is a much easier meal than digging through your borders for one.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat-ic\"\u003e👀\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat-t\"\u003eYou actually get to watch them\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat-d\"\u003eA handful of nuts on the wall is grab-and-run. A house with a ladder to climb turns a quick snack into something worth watching from the kitchen window.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat-ic\"\u003e🍂\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat-t\"\u003eHelp through the lean months\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat-d\"\u003eSquirrels don’t hibernate. By late winter their autumn stores are running out, and a reliable dry feeding spot makes a real difference.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-h3\"\u003eWhat arrives at your door\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"prod-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe house:\u003c\/strong\u003e gable roof, solid pine, torched by hand over an open flame.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe ladder:\u003c\/strong\u003e 76 cm of rope with wooden rungs, already fitted.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe platform:\u003c\/strong\u003e a railed deck with room for two to sit and eat.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eScrews, wall plugs and a card from Huw:\u003c\/strong\u003e where to hang it and what to put in it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-h3\"\u003eWhy this one actually gets used\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-features\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat-ic\"\u003e🔥\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat-t\"\u003eThe torched finish\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat-d\"\u003eEvery board is held over open flame, the way Huw charred his fence posts for 38 years. No paint, no stain, no varnish. The char sheds Welsh rain and the wood weathers to a soft silver-brown.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat-ic\"\u003e🚪\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat-t\"\u003eThe sheltered entrance\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat-d\"\u003eThe archway sits back under the roof overhang, so rain and wind have to turn a corner to get in. No door or hinge needed to keep the food dry.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat-ic\"\u003e💧\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat-t\"\u003eThe draining floor\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat-d\"\u003eSmall gaps between the floorboards let rainwater run straight through. No standing water, no mouldy nuts after a wet week.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat-ic\"\u003e🧹\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat-t\"\u003eThe ten-second refill\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat-d\"\u003eOpen front, no lid or latch to rust shut. Reach in, wipe it out, top it up. No tools, no fighting a stuck hinge in February.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-photo\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0947\/2442\/3753\/files\/huw-compare-wide.png?width=1320\" alt=\"A chewed plastic squirrel feeder next to Huw's hand-torched pine treehouse\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\"\u003e\u003cp class=\"prod-photo-cap\"\u003eLeft: a plastic squirrel box after one season. Right: Huw’s hand-torched pine treehouse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-expert\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-expert-h\"\u003eWhat a wildlife ecologist says\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A squirrel at a bird feeder is just taking the easiest food in the garden. Give it its own sheltered, reliably stocked spot a few metres away and most of the traffic moves over within a couple of weeks. Keep it clean and dry, use unsalted nuts, and it does the squirrels real good in the lean weeks of late winter.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-expert-n\"\u003e— Dr Gwen Ellis, wildlife ecologist · North Wales Garden Wildlife Group\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-h3\"\u003ePerfect for\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-perfect-for\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🐿 Squirrel watchers\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🐦 Keeping the bird feeder for the birds\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🌷 Protecting bulbs \u0026amp; borders\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🌳 Tree, fence or wall\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🎁 Presents for Mum, Dad or Gran\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🧒 Children \u0026amp; grandchildren\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-guarantee\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-g-ic\"\u003e💚\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-g-t\"\u003e90 days, no questions\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHang it, fill it and live with it through the winter. If it isn’t right for your garden, one email to info@countycraftco.com within 90 days is enough for a full refund.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-note\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-note-t\"\u003ePlease read before ordering\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery house is cut and torched by hand, so grain, colour and char vary from piece to piece. That is the mark of it being handmade, not a flaw.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSquirrels are wild animals. A good spot and a few days’ patience make all the difference, but nobody can promise an exact day they move in. Skip bread and anything salted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-h3\"\u003eProduct details\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"prod-specs\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSolid pine, hand-torched — no paint, stain or varnish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIn the box\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTreehouse with railed platform and rope ladder, screws and wall plugs, placement card\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHouse size\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30 × 22.6 × 21.8 cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLadder\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e76 cm rope ladder, wooden rungs\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFixes to\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTree trunk, fence post or wall — about 10 minutes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSuits\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRed and grey squirrels alike\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBest filled with\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHazelnuts, unsalted peanuts in their shells, sunflower seeds, walnuts\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCare\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWipe out once a week, let it air dry; bring the rope ladder under cover in the worst of the winter to help it last\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMade by\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHuw Pritchard, Newborough, Anglesey — 117 remaining\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDelivery\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFree UK delivery, dispatched within 2–3 working days\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Craft vendor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67891503792201,"sku":null,"price":51.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0947\/2442\/3753\/files\/huw-pb-1-hero.png?v=1794488507","url":"https:\/\/countycraftco.com\/products\/huws-squirrel-treehouse","provider":"COUNTYCRAFT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}