I was wondering what to write about this week? There is so much going on
in the garden. I decide to prune my pear tree first, maybe I will come up with
an idea. After all, besides writing, a lot of ‘real’ work has to be done as
well.
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| May. Pear tree in full bloom. |
This year there are a lot of waterspouts at my pear tree. Waterspouts are
branches, which grow straight up. I have to remove them, because they take a
lot of energy from the tree.
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| Watersprouts, Rabbits hay and a plastic container with flower bulbs |
Once the pruning was done I picked up the bundle of waterspouts to put
them in the trash bin. As I passed by some old potato baskets, I said to myself
what a beautiful branches, cannot I use these for another purpose?
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| Old potato baskets. |
I stopped and tried to bend the branches around the edges of the potato baskets.
That did not work out to well. Anything else? I inserted a branch in the holes at
either side of the potato basket, forming a round shape. I liked this shape. It
gives body to the baskets in which soon the Crown imperial (Fritillaria imperialis) will be blooming.
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| Ready. It looks nice. |
To cover up the nasty looking black edges of the plastic container I needed
rabbits hay. Quickly I went on my bike to the local supermarket in order to get
some of this hay. Whilst biking, I noticed to my surprise that I am still wearing
my dirty gardening gloves. Obviously I'm in my flow!
Back at home I filled up the edges with the rabbits hay and inserted all
the branches into the baskets. Looking at the result I am quite satisfied. It
looks nice.
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| Front door with the old potato baskets and branches. |
A tip for those of you who want to recreate this: do not do this craft
project at the entrance of your house. Otherwise you will have to sweep straw
out of your house all week. Just like I had to do!
Oh I like these!
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