You felled a tree in the gardenIts remnants are sticking out of the ground and there is a large trunk in front of you. Wondering what to do with it now? It can be cut and used for fuel. But you can alsouse an old tree trunk in the garden , creating interesting arrangements out of it. In this way, you will create something useful that will fit nicely into the garden. Here are5 proven ideas for using the trunk after a felled tree !
An old trunk after a cut tree as a flowerbed
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The idea of creating various things with your own hands and beautifying them is becoming more and more popular.Modified fruit crates, self-made furniture from pallets, all of which are made of seemingly unnecessary materials. The garden is a place where the possibilities are enormous.
The old trunk in the garden can be used in several ways . Leave it in its natural state and decorate it with plants or use tools to transform it into functional things useful in the garden.
1. Old tree trunk as a flowerbed
Spring pansies or summer overhangs will look beautifulplanted in the crevices of the old tree trunkIf the trunk has no cavities, we can chisel the holes in the trunk ourselves, and in the them, after pouring permeable substrate, plant flower arrangements. It is worth placing ceramic dishes or small garden sculptures on the trunk.
Flowerbed from the trunk of a felled tree
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Depending on the amount of sunshine, you can plant many interesting compositions, not only seasonal, but also year-round. In full sun, the wall swarm and sedum plants, as well as low perennials, such as the saxifrage, the sunflower or the seaside ring, will work well.
Old trunk planted with swarms
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For a shady position, I recommend common ivy, impatiens, lungwort and garden ferns, which should be planted around the trunk.
The trunk of an old tree as a flowerbed surrounded by ferns
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2. Old tree trunk as a bicycle rack
If we have alog piece at least one meter long , we can use it as a bicycle stand. It is enough forin the trunk to cut perpendicular grooveswith a width of approx.8 cm at 3/4 of the trunk depth. We can easily insert the bicycle wheel into the gap and get a stable and interesting bicycle rack.
The trunk of a felled tree as a bicycle stand
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3. Old trunk as seats and bench
Longold tree trunk is an excellent material to createseats, benches or a small table. Tables made of tree trunks are very often used in the arrangement of apartments in the popular Scandinavian style. In the garden, they look great next to fireplaces, barbecues or places to rest.
Seats made of an old trunk
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A bench made of an old log can be madein two ways. In the first method, we will need two pieces of logs, approx. 40 cm high, and a piece of plank, e.g. 1.6 x 0.3 m. Cut the trunks halfway up the board thickness, one stump on the right, the other on the left.Finally, insert the board that serves as a seat into the slots.
Old tree trunk as a bench
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The second way tomake a bench from an old tree trunkis cutting the trunk on both sides, so that one side serves as a seat and the other side is stable on the ground. Of course, it is good to protect the places of cuts with a wood preservative on the outside, so that they will be protected against rotting.
4. Old tree trunk as path material
When designing the garden, we take into account the construction of paths in the garden from the very beginning, but over time the garden undergoes metamorphosis - we plant plants and change the course of the paths.The old tree trunk can be used as a material for building garden pathsIt is enough to cut the trunk into slices approx. 15 cm thick. These patches should be dried, debarked and impregnated.Prepared in this way, they guarantee that we will use the path for several years. Whether our path will be completely covered with wood slices, or whether we use individual slices loosely placed in the lawn, depends only on us!You can also make a terrace from a sliced log. Pictures of such a terrace on our forum.
Tree trunk slices as a terrace
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5. Old stump as a house for insects
In every garden there should be a small place attracting solar insects.You can create an insect house from an old tree trunk . All you need to do is drill holes in the trunk and the insects will surely be eager to start using the new house.
Old trunk as a house for insects
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We can, of course, expand the house by hollowing out some of the wood, and insert branches, straw or cones into the prepared holes. Such a house looks great and, above all, invites insects pollinating flowers to our garden!
And if you want the stump to just disappear …
You can also make the trunk disappear within a few or several monthsthe trunk will simply disappearJust drill holes in it or cut it with an ax and apply a special preparation containing mycelium that decomposes dead wood.
This way you canget rid of the stump left over from the felled tree , whose overgrown roots make it difficult to dig up and remove. The mycelium penetrates the wood and causes the stumps to decay and fall apart quickly. What remains can be put into a composter or dug with soil: -)
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Mgr inż. Joanna Białowąs
