I may have to replace some of the mosses next fall. The weather just wasn't right for transplanting it when I did. By next year the vines on the roof should be providing a lot more shade to create the environment that the moss needs to survive the summer months (including the moss and ferns that grow on the roof ribs). Rather than creating "defined" paths, I used plain old lawn moss in the areas where you would normally walk through the Living Room and added the more ornamental mosses near the edges of the structure and around the burls and logs. One of the burls came complete with a dozen different types of moss and lichens!
To be continued...... next year???
Hmmmmmm.... what shall I do next?
Bye Bye!
Plants: 175 | From: Cedar Hill, WA | Registered: Feb 2004
| Seeded: 165.121.27.172
Great close up of the Burl!!! I have a question....I know it is a Burl because that is what YOU have been calling it....but exactly where in the tree does a burl come from??? Just a guess....but is it at the base of the tree and then just underground??? They are all so unique...absolutely awesome!
I saw Loz's gift!!!! Did you see it Loz??
Last pix...just to the right of the 2 ferns...is that a statue of 2 people (one in front of the other) or is it part of a burl???
Excellent job Wild Willy!!! Now it is time to sit back and enjoy your labor and all the little critters your livingroom will attract. Jealous Catlover
* * * * Plants: 7129 | From: California | Registered: Mar 2003
| Seeded: 68.66.244.5
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A burl is a wartlike growth that forms on the trunk or roots of many different types of trees (probably due to injury or disease). It lives and grows on the tree without causing any damage to the tree. As the burl grows, it normally continues to follow the original form, but it may twist and become contorted, or may even produce additional burl buds on itself (especially with root burls). Most of my burls came from the ancient Douglas Firs that once grew here, but a few came from my Bigleaf Maples, Hemlocks and Cedars.
The "people statues" are just another burl!
Sounds like I'd better post another set of burl pix...
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Aren't some burl's quite rare and can be pricey? I've always understood they are a high commodity and treasured for woodworkers, to make bowls and such items for decorations.
Weezie
Very Nice by the way, and when you are done with Karen's, Loz's and Jiffy's, you can start one here!
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Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2
quote:Here the burls are cut from the sides of the trees leaving the host tree unharmed
I am really suprised it doesn't kill the tree. Bet that takes a special talent...knowing how deep to cut and direction, as well as, how to cut it down so it doesn't hit you on the head coming down. The root burls look like A LOT of work to get. Weezie these have got to be expensive to purchase with all the labor and danger to get one.
Wild Willy...Have you cut one off a live tree? Catlover
* * * * Plants: 7129 | From: California | Registered: Mar 2003
| Seeded: 68.66.244.5
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I'm afraid that I have to disagree with that statement! A few years ago, someone came along and cut 3 large burls from a hundred year old maple that was growing here... My beautiful eighty foot tall Maple has very little life left in it now! I think you know the answer to your question about if I cut them from live trees! NEVER!!! Plants: 175 | From: Cedar Hill, WA | Registered: Feb 2004
| Seeded: 165.121.24.55
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If you look closely at that photo, you'll see that the track-hoe is on a switchback road which it probably created. Track-hoes are great toys!!! I wish I had one, but with a price tag of a hundred grand I'm sure I never will... Plants: 175 | From: Cedar Hill, WA | Registered: Feb 2004
| Seeded: 165.121.24.55
quote:quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here the burls are cut from the sides of the trees leaving the host tree unharmed --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Who wrote that??? Just curious??? Did I miss a post??
Weezie
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Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2
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Ooooooops, That what I get for "speed reading"
I would disagree with it too, I doubt that a tree would survive that. They have to cut the whole thing off the side, there'd be too much exposed to let it survive.
I bet they put it in there for "propaganda" to allow people to harvest them....
Weezie
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Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2
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just a qustsion,in case someone pops in, in the 2-3-4 pic theres a plant, looks like it has a red stem/ green and white leaves. what is it? i like it.
quote:Originally posted by sibyl: just a qustsion,in case someone pops in, in the 2-3-4 pic theres a plant, looks like it has a red stem/ green and white leaves. what is it? i like it.
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thanks Bill i didnt relize it was a fuchsia, not for my zone outside but i could have one as a house plant!, i do hope you keep us updated in here, ill be stoping in the adventures of willy more often,
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Just a guess....but is it at the base of the tree and then just underground??? They are all so unique...absolutely awesome!![[kissies]](graemlins/kissies.gif)
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A burl is a wartlike growth that forms on the trunk or roots of many different types of trees (probably due to injury or disease). It lives and grows on the tree without causing any damage to the tree. As the burl grows, it normally continues to follow the original form, but it may twist and become contorted, or may even produce additional burl buds on itself (especially with root burls).![[grin]](graemlins/grinnnn.gif)
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