The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Smallholding => Techniques and skills => Topic started by: knightquest on January 02, 2012, 06:03:38 pm
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Had a load of willow given to me and we have a dog who chews the fairly new fence panels that we have in our garden.
This was my solution.
(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h43/knightquest_photos/IMG00294-20111231-0818.jpg)
The finished two panels up to now.
(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h43/knightquest_photos/IMG00306-20120102-1152.jpg)
Hopefully, if he chews them again, I can just repair them. ::) We'll see ;D
Ian
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lovely, nice work there.
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They look great :thumbsup: I love all the different bark colours too, very impressive work.
If you've got twigs left over get some planted ;) It'll give you a coppice supply for on-going repairs (as well as hedgeing, cuttings.......a multitude of uses ;)) :thumbsup:
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that's lovely - looks great :thumbsup:
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Oh wow, they're lovely :)
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What a fantastic job there Knightquest! We were aiming for something like that but 'crack' Willow doesn't work, it just snaps and isn't that consistant diameter. The idea was to make windbreak hurdles for the Chickens to stand behind in our draughty Orchard but we've ended up just stacking it between two posts to make a barrier.
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Hi Ian Those are lovely :thumbsup: I second what Happy Hippy has said and if the dog chews these then he won't get sore jaws, as willow bark of course contains salycylic acid (I'm sure I've spelt that wrong ::) ) which is the same as aspirin :D
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Hi Ian Those are lovely :thumbsup: I second what Happy Hippy has said and if the dog chews these then he won't get sore jaws, as willow bark of course contains salycylic acid (I'm sure I've spelt that wrong ::) ) which is the same as aspirin :D
Thanks for the comments everyone. :)
One question Juliet, it's not going to do the dog any harm if he chews it, is it?
As it turns out, the stream outside our house that runs between the parks has this stuff growing along the banks and the park keeper just wants shot of it. There is loads and loads. Enough to do about 20 panels I guess.
It takes about 4 hours to do a panel but I could do with another 2 weeks away from the shop to finish them all...........fat chance me thinks ;D ;D
Ian
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Absolutlely fantastic, well done, as Happyhippy said the different colour barks just add another perspective. :thumbsup:
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Nice one!!
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They are beautiful
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They look great, much better than my first pathetic effort. I must try again.
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Knightquest
I am impressed. They look much better than the wooden panels. :thumbsup:
Sally
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Hi Ian - unless there is something different about dog physiology (there is, but I mean relevant to this) compared to other mammals, then he should be ok. People use aspirin, but a small proportion are allergic to it, sheep eat masses of willow with no ill effects at all, but I honestly don't know about dogs, and I didn't think before I wrote that. I know that some human painkillers are not appropriate to cats. You had better give the vet a ring just to be on the safe side - sorry :( :dog: :pug: The salicylic acid is just under the bark, or in the bark. My dogs have chewed several willow baskets but only those made from peeled stems....