Thursday, December 14, 2017
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Shaping unruly grapevines into wreath forms!
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I started cutting down the grapevine that I love to let take over the greenhouse for shade and rain garden benefits:
I started cutting down the grapevine that I love to let take over the greenhouse for shade and rain garden benefits:
Decided to see how well it made wreath frames. Thinking it might be a nice easy class Community Roots could offer in the future or make nice gifts or be something we could sell in the future...
I cut several of last year's growth and tried to lay it out neatly...tried anyway. By the time I got it home it was pretty tangled. And of course if I had attempted to form them the same day I brought them home, things would have been a little easier. I did not get to the vines until 2 days later so I had to soak them to make them pliable enough to form.
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| It was cold out so I brought a empty tote into the bathtub and filled it to soak the vines. |
I soaked them for 2-3 hours, after that they were easy to shape. I located one end of several vines and started curving, sometimes using my elbow as if to wrap up a cord, tucking in the straggling ends along the length of the vines. At every bend, I took one vine and wrapped it around the whole bunch:
Monday, December 11, 2017
Saturday, December 9, 2017
Pruning the holly shrubs to harvest some wreath materials
The Brown Family Environmental Center is giving a special wreath-making class to the Master Gardeners this week. I'm trying to harvest some holly and grapevine to pitch in on materials and learn!
It's exciting because last year, I was so overwhelmed with moving home and settling in that i missed all the pruning deadlines. But this year I caught the holly!
It's exciting because last year, I was so overwhelmed with moving home and settling in that i missed all the pruning deadlines. But this year I caught the holly!
Friday, December 8, 2017
Toasted Spices Taste Tests Continue...
Continued from https://theorypracticelandscaping-kfrye.blogspot.com/2017/12/todays-toasted-spice-taste-test-recipe.html
Tried this orange-ginger-cardamom cookie recipe and even toasted the orange zest for the toasted batch.
Running totals:Which one do you like better or Can you tell which one has the toasted spices?
6 - TOASTED
8 - UNTOASTED
2 - NO DIFFerence
Of the 6 for TOASTED:
5 - mixed combo of spices
1- cinnamon only
Of the 3 for UNTOASTED:
7 - could tell it was less toasted and sweeter
1 - flavor for orange was stronger
Of the 2 for NO DIFF:
2- cinnamon only
2- cinnamon only
Thursday, December 7, 2017
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