Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => General Gardening => Topic started by: diggerjoe on April 30, 2010, 14:45
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Looking for somthing different for my sweet peas to grow up this year and not having much budget I found bundles of dried willow sticks about 6 foot long at the local IKEA. Not very bendy at the top where they are thin but i think they will make a good a nice feature and only £7.29 for the bundle of about 30. I think they are meant for a sort of swedish focal point inside but at that price I couldn't resist.
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I'm all for Swedish focal points! Just take care they don't all take root and take over the world!
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We ordered a tree by post and when it arrived it had a willow stick supporting it. My OH stuck it into the ground - it now has been woven into a trellis as a boundary hedge! - and needs frequent serious pruning!
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The allotment our plot is on is very windy and open, plus we have the car park and the rubbish on one side so I've just planted willow as a screen, windbreak and for something to grow things up! I love things that have many uses :) Just like my other half :D
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I spent a creative afternoon creating weird obelisk shaped things for the garden with the willow from IKEA. Not bendy enough as it is very dry and hopefully dead! but with a bit of jute string and a lot of swearing it did manage to plait some lengths and make something that OH said would look ok when the plants climb up it ::) wsell if you never have go you'll never know what you can do - I just hope the sweet peas get a move on :D