I believe that the most beautiful garden decorations can be conjured up from what the field, meadow or forest offers.A plot decorated with natural stones, sticks, cones, logs and branches is beautiful, proud and classic.
Let me start with wood because it is by far the most malleable material.The remains that remain after cutting trees and shrubs in the spring, I pass through a grinder for branches.Unfortunately, I don't have my own, but for a small fee, this service is provided by a nearby sawmill. I use the shredded fragments obtained in this way as litter.
However, the excess that is left to me, I put in the composter.I try to make sure that the compost does not end up with walnut or oak remnants, because they contain substances that inhibit decomposition processes. These two species are used differently in my garden - I make different decorations of them. If, of course, I cut at my place or find a nice branch from a different tree species in the forest, I will not let it go either.
Thicker branches are cut into posts about 30 cm high. Then I drill two holes in them, through which I pass the rope to connect them into a palisade. I leave the bark on because it will fall off the next season anyway. I surround the rebates with these fences, delineating their contours.Such a palisade looks very nice, for example, as a tree border.Wife planted spring onion flowers, pansies and rock perennials that look natural in such surroundings.
Sometimes we have to cut down the whole tree. Then we are left with very thick branches that can be chopped for firewood or… made of garden furniture. We had a fireplace behind the house, where we made a fire with the children in the summer.We brought chairs from the terrace when we were camping, and now we have a table and stump seats.
Once I saw a cut piece of wood in a sawmill. I liked it so much that I asked for it for free from thestaff. I didn't know what to do with it yet, but the solution was suggested by my wife who turned it into an original flower bed with swarms.
After trimming, there are also sticks of different thickness and length, from which it is seemingly impossible to do anything. However, I chose fairly even ones and tied them together in a fence, which masks the composter well. In turn, the wife and daughter made an owl from thin twigs.They saw the pattern in a garden market, but ours came out prettier than the original.
I also make houses for insects or birds, supports for plants and decorative mulch with which I protect bushes during the winter.With a little desire, you can conjure up really interesting decorations.
