A new willow den is growing in Sam's wood

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  • Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
  • Our 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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Комментарии • 56

  • @Traderjoe
    @Traderjoe 4 месяца назад +12

    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
      @WayOutWestx2  4 месяца назад +12

      Only thing is that livestock tends to start eating the cabin, haven't had that problem with children though!

    • @Jutta-th9dc
      @Jutta-th9dc 3 месяца назад

      There is an older video showing their friend Martin at his house. He has such a living willow fence. Beautiful!

  • @TheBlackelpie
    @TheBlackelpie 4 месяца назад +5

    Now I finally understand what Cesarrio meant by 'Make me a willow cabin at your gate' in Twelfth Night. Lovely!

  • @pdxRetired
    @pdxRetired 4 месяца назад +7

    Interesting! Make sure to do a follow-up video in a year or so, that will be fun to see!

  • @jpeg1991
    @jpeg1991 4 месяца назад +6

    I'm very much looking forward to seeing the cabin again in a few years.

    • @WayOutWestx2
      @WayOutWestx2  4 месяца назад +4

      Will give you updates for sure!

  • @raraavis7782
    @raraavis7782 4 месяца назад +6

    It'a quite fascinating, how easily many plants can be propagated!

    • @WayOutWestx2
      @WayOutWestx2  4 месяца назад +2

      Willow is a hard one to kill!

  • @samvalentine3206
    @samvalentine3206 4 месяца назад +5

    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
      @WayOutWestx2  4 месяца назад +3

      Will do, and better get baking!!!

  • @clivelee4279
    @clivelee4279 4 месяца назад +6

    Lovely, thank you .

  • @pamelacourtney8998
    @pamelacourtney8998 4 месяца назад +5

    Beautiful. Blessings to all ❤

  • @rjung_ch
    @rjung_ch 4 месяца назад +6

    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
      @WayOutWestx2  4 месяца назад +1

      Planning on taking a picnic blanket and book to test it today!

    • @rjung_ch
      @rjung_ch 4 месяца назад

      @@WayOutWestx2 wishing you a wonderful Sunday, good reading 🙂

  • @peterjensen6233
    @peterjensen6233 4 месяца назад +3

    Beautiful!!

  • @jamesmisener3006
    @jamesmisener3006 4 месяца назад +4

    Sandra, it's wonderful. Cheers 🇨🇦

  • @heatherread5314
    @heatherread5314 4 месяца назад +3

    Isn't willow wonderful stuff. Stick a bit in and away it grows 😊

    • @WayOutWestx2
      @WayOutWestx2  4 месяца назад +1

      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!

  • @timeflysintheshop
    @timeflysintheshop 4 месяца назад +3

    Very cool! 👍😎👍

  • @totherarf
    @totherarf 4 месяца назад +3

    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
      @WayOutWestx2  4 месяца назад +1

      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
      @totherarf 4 месяца назад

      @@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!

  • @bryanhall9034
    @bryanhall9034 4 месяца назад +5

    Another wonderful video. Willow and its wood are a great asset and how cleverly it can be used like this. A natural shelter.

    • @WayOutWestx2
      @WayOutWestx2  4 месяца назад +3

      It will be a lovely play house for our children's camps!

  • @ssruiimxwaeeayezbbttirvorg9372
    @ssruiimxwaeeayezbbttirvorg9372 4 месяца назад +3

    We need follow up of this video every year.

  • @grannysgarden8225
    @grannysgarden8225 4 месяца назад +4

  • @Suburbangeek
    @Suburbangeek 4 месяца назад +4

    Loved it!

  • @kameljoe21
    @kameljoe21 4 месяца назад +3

    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
      @WayOutWestx2  4 месяца назад +2

      Unfortunately, livestock would just eat them. They love willow leaves and bark.

  • @ptonpc
    @ptonpc 4 месяца назад +4

    It looks great and will be amazing in summer and spring.

    • @WayOutWestx2
      @WayOutWestx2  4 месяца назад +2

      It's a lovely little quiet shelter already, I love it that I can still see the sky through the roof.

  • @kirstencampbell4754
    @kirstencampbell4754 4 месяца назад +2

    Very cool! Thanks for sharing

  • @tropifiori
    @tropifiori 4 месяца назад +1

    A lovely project
    Frank

  • @bradlafferty
    @bradlafferty 4 месяца назад +3

    What a lovely creation! I would love to spend time in this!

  • @thornwarbler
    @thornwarbler 4 месяца назад +3

    Great idea. Its such forgiving stuff willow. I've used it to make coracle frames ideal for that job too.

    • @WayOutWestx2
      @WayOutWestx2  4 месяца назад +1

      Willow is great, grows so well around here.

    • @thornwarbler
      @thornwarbler 4 месяца назад

      @@WayOutWestx2 Aye it likes the damp😉

  • @PaulRansonArt
    @PaulRansonArt 4 месяца назад +3

    Super video Sandra - now time to get weaving!😄😄😍😍😎😎

    • @WayOutWestx2
      @WayOutWestx2  4 месяца назад +2

      And the great thing is, it isn't complicated basketry weaving - anyone can do it!

  • @rubenskiii
    @rubenskiii 3 месяца назад

    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🇳🇱.

  • @krazedvintagemodel
    @krazedvintagemodel 2 месяца назад

    Willow must be nature's simplest building material! Thank you both for your efforts. Peace and Blessings 🌱🌻😊

  • @liamcunningham2846
    @liamcunningham2846 3 месяца назад

    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

  • @tracybowling1156
    @tracybowling1156 3 месяца назад

    Isn't it fascinating what skills some people possess? I'm always amazed at what humans can do.
    Say hi to that cutest Buttercup for me!

  • @eckosters
    @eckosters 4 месяца назад

    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?

  • @ronaldmartin7892
    @ronaldmartin7892 3 месяца назад

    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.

  • @saeedandalusi7579
    @saeedandalusi7579 3 месяца назад

    Is Timmy volunteering as wicker man😁

  • @sunilmajevadia3865
    @sunilmajevadia3865 3 месяца назад

    Don’t let Tim anywhere near that willow tree house alternate into a windmill😅

  • @marnieparney
    @marnieparney 4 месяца назад +3

    Magical!

  • @tomtruesdale6901
    @tomtruesdale6901 3 месяца назад

    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?

    • @evibertolait8262
      @evibertolait8262 Месяц назад

      Hazel works well too, also in combination with willow.

  • @sandravanderschaaf3853
    @sandravanderschaaf3853 3 месяца назад

    lovely!