As quilters, most of us can come up with creative solutions for problems that come up!
Two years ago, my neighbor, gave me a start from her grandmother's rose bush. I've always admired the one in her yard, it is covered with white roses and it has grown to be a huge bush. This spring all the new canes on my bush, are loaded with new growth, and hopefully beautiful flowers! It really needs to be staked up! But the sticks I found in the woods really aren't strong enough to hold it up.
But wait, my oldest son is a hockey player. They break sticks all the time. He uses composite sticks, expensive ones. Now he has given me three of them. I sawed off the broken parts, and pounded them into the ground around the rose. To hold everything up, I love using colorful strips of fabric or selvage edges to tie the canes and sticks together.
So what's so expensive? The hockey sticks are worth $100 apiece when new! If you know a hockey player, and you are a gardener, it's a great way to recycle.
It's a great spring. My garden is going to be very colorful in a short time! I can hardly wait.
Ann
Two years ago, my neighbor, gave me a start from her grandmother's rose bush. I've always admired the one in her yard, it is covered with white roses and it has grown to be a huge bush. This spring all the new canes on my bush, are loaded with new growth, and hopefully beautiful flowers! It really needs to be staked up! But the sticks I found in the woods really aren't strong enough to hold it up.
But wait, my oldest son is a hockey player. They break sticks all the time. He uses composite sticks, expensive ones. Now he has given me three of them. I sawed off the broken parts, and pounded them into the ground around the rose. To hold everything up, I love using colorful strips of fabric or selvage edges to tie the canes and sticks together.
So what's so expensive? The hockey sticks are worth $100 apiece when new! If you know a hockey player, and you are a gardener, it's a great way to recycle.
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| Three sawed off hockey sticks plus one stick hold up Ann's new rose bush. |
Ann
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