A new willow den is growing in Sam's wood
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Ай бұрынOur friend Christine came over in early spring to help me make a small structure out of fresh willow branches. This will grow as time goes on, and with careful weaving in of any fresh branches, it will turn into a natural live cabin eventually! Here's the process.
Thanks Christine!!!
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@kameljoe21 29 күн бұрын
That is cool. I would imagine that a person could build live stock shelters this way too and provided you maintain them yearly they would last a very long time!
@WayOutWestx2 29 күн бұрын
Unfortunately, livestock would just eat them. They love willow leaves and bark.
@TheBlackelpie 29 күн бұрын
Now I finally understand what Cesarrio meant by 'Make me a willow cabin at your gate' in Twelfth Night. Lovely!
@rubenskiii 26 күн бұрын
The great thing about Projects like this is that you get to watch your work grow. And so do we! Willow is such a fascinating tree, it's to Europe what Bamboo is to where it grows in Asia. Warm greetings from the Netherlands🇳🇱.
@PaulRansonArt 29 күн бұрын
Super video Sandra - now time to get weaving!😄😄😍😍😎😎
@WayOutWestx2 29 күн бұрын
And the great thing is, it isn't complicated basketry weaving - anyone can do it!
@Traderjoe 29 күн бұрын
I didn’t know that Willow would start growing from cuttings just shoved into the ground. I would make a bunch of these structures for escaping inclement weather or for livestock to seek shelter in as well as a play area for children.
@WayOutWestx2 29 күн бұрын
Only thing is that livestock tends to start eating the cabin, haven't had that problem with children though!
@Jutta-th9dc 3 күн бұрын
There is an older video showing their friend Martin at his house. He has such a living willow fence. Beautiful!
@jpeg1991 29 күн бұрын
I'm very much looking forward to seeing the cabin again in a few years.
@WayOutWestx2 29 күн бұрын
Will give you updates for sure!
@peterjensen6233 29 күн бұрын
Beautiful!!
@marnieparney 29 күн бұрын
Magical!
@pdxRetired 29 күн бұрын
Interesting! Make sure to do a follow-up video in a year or so, that will be fun to see!
@WayOutWestx2 29 күн бұрын
Will do, definitely.
@ssruiimxwaeeayezbbttirvorg9372 29 күн бұрын
We need follow up of this video every year.
@WayOutWestx2 29 күн бұрын
No problem, will do!!!
@samvalentine3206 29 күн бұрын
What a wonderful thing to do - and to see the results so quickly really makes my heart feel glad. Thank you so much for sharing this, Sandra! Please give our warm regards to Tim so he can happily "nom nom" on the next bit of yummy stuff you bake!
@WayOutWestx2 29 күн бұрын
Will do, and better get baking!!!
@timeflysintheshop 29 күн бұрын
Very cool! 👍😎👍
@liamcunningham2846 13 күн бұрын
Hi Tim My name is Liam Cunningham, myself and Michael Heep are attempting to organise a Cars & Coffee morning here in Bantry, you can see our posts on Bantry Notice Board. We are doing so just for the fun of it, no entry fee, no sponsorship, just a gathering of like-minded people.It's on Sunday, July 7th at 12.00 noon until whenever if you would like to bring your car along I am sure people would be delighted to see it (and you) RegardsLiam Cunningham
@ronaldmartin7892 2 күн бұрын
Interesting. A nice for Sam's Garden. You have plenty of rain to help the willow to get established. Even though it is the rainy season here in Thailand we have had hardly any. It still doesn't deter the garden from resembling a jungle in a very short time though.
@tropifiori 28 күн бұрын
A lovely project Frank
@totherarf 29 күн бұрын
Willow is an amazing wood! ..... Well to be fair many different woods are amazing! It is becoming a lost art! Knowing what secrets of each type of wood are. Even in my 60's I am far from knowing even a majority of the woods uses. Obviously Willow grows well from a cutting direct into soil and is a flexible type that bends itself well to weaving both as cut wood and live. Silver Birch is great for starting a fire off even in the wet. Simply take some of the loose silver bark off and collect into a ball and it becomes a natural firelighter! It is good for pole lathes too, not that there are many bodgers about nowadays. Even the old Pear tree gives the best wood to make a plough blade out of! The soil does not stick to it, but there are even fewer of those about than Bodgers! I believe wood knowledge is a dying art nowadays, but there are some surprising exceptions! Pollarding is starting to make a comeback and some Bio companies use willow as bio fuel ...... and good charcoal for artwork! Maybe the last one is an idea Tim could play with?
@WayOutWestx2 29 күн бұрын
Thanks for your lovely feedback. Tim is already making charcoal, I am sure he'll give you an update one day!!! Or have a look at some of our older videos...
@totherarf 29 күн бұрын
@@WayOutWestx2 I have watched his charcoal making already ;o) ... but that was to make activated charcoal for gardens. I was talking about using willow to make perfect charcoal for artwork. It is always good to diversify especially if you already do most of the process already!
@thornwarbler 29 күн бұрын
Great idea. Its such forgiving stuff willow. I've used it to make coracle frames ideal for that job too.
@WayOutWestx2 29 күн бұрын
Willow is great, grows so well around here.
@thornwarbler 28 күн бұрын
@@WayOutWestx2 Aye it likes the damp😉
@pamelacourtney8998 29 күн бұрын
Beautiful. Blessings to all ❤
@kirstencampbell4754 29 күн бұрын
Very cool! Thanks for sharing
@WayOutWestx2 29 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@raraavis7782 Ай бұрын
It'a quite fascinating, how easily many plants can be propagated!
@WayOutWestx2 29 күн бұрын
Willow is a hard one to kill!
@bryanhall9034 29 күн бұрын
Another wonderful video. Willow and its wood are a great asset and how cleverly it can be used like this. A natural shelter.
@WayOutWestx2 29 күн бұрын
It will be a lovely play house for our children's camps!
@sunilmajevadia3865 24 күн бұрын
Don’t let Tim anywhere near that willow tree house alternate into a windmill😅
@clivelee4279 Ай бұрын
Lovely, thank you .
@jamesmisener3006 29 күн бұрын
Sandra, it's wonderful. Cheers 🇨🇦
@rjung_ch Ай бұрын
What a great idea, amazing how they rooted and had so many leaves so quickly. Super looking, it'll be a nice shady spot when the sun comes one of these days 🙂 Cheers 👍💪✌
@WayOutWestx2 29 күн бұрын
Planning on taking a picnic blanket and book to test it today!
@rjung_ch 29 күн бұрын
@@WayOutWestx2 wishing you a wonderful Sunday, good reading 🙂
@saeedandalusi7579 26 күн бұрын
Is Timmy volunteering as wicker man😁
@ptonpc 29 күн бұрын
It looks great and will be amazing in summer and spring.
@WayOutWestx2 29 күн бұрын
It's a lovely little quiet shelter already, I love it that I can still see the sky through the roof.
@grannysgarden8225 Ай бұрын
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@Suburbangeek Ай бұрын
Loved it!
@bradlafferty 29 күн бұрын
What a lovely creation! I would love to spend time in this!
@sandravanderschaaf3853 27 күн бұрын
lovely!
@tomtruesdale6901 25 күн бұрын
What a lovely little cabin you built there. I have never seen someone make one that way. I wonder what other trees/bushes could be used for one?
@eckosters 28 күн бұрын
Fabulous! I have tried this - and failed and then did something else - and maybe I’ll try again because there’s plenty of Willow around. Did that tree evolve especially to serve us?
@heatherread5314 Ай бұрын
Isn't willow wonderful stuff. Stick a bit in and away it grows 😊
@WayOutWestx2 29 күн бұрын
And in our damp weather, even if you stack pieces for firewood cutting and they stay wet they start growing even without touching the ground!
Amazing garden
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