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knightquest

  • Joined May 2010
  • Birmingham
    • Knight Pet Supplies
Willow fence
« on: January 02, 2012, 06:03:38 pm »
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.



The finished two panels up to now.



Hopefully, if he chews them again, I can just repair them.  ::) We'll see  ;D

Ian
Ian (me), Diane (my wife) and 4 dogs. Ollie (Lab mix) , Quest (Malamute), Gazer and Boris (Leonbergers)

deepinthewoods

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Re: Willow fence
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2012, 06:10:11 pm »
lovely, nice work there.

HappyHippy

  • Guest
Re: Willow fence
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2012, 06:27:32 pm »
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:

little blue

  • Joined Jun 2009
  • Derbyshire
Re: Willow fence
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2012, 07:06:17 pm »
that's lovely - looks great :thumbsup:
Little Blue

jaykay

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Cumbria/N Yorks border
Re: Willow fence
« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2012, 07:52:21 pm »
Oh wow, they're lovely  :)

chrismahon

  • Joined Dec 2011
  • Gascony, France
Re: Willow fence
« Reply #5 on: January 02, 2012, 09:19:19 pm »
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.

Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
  • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: Willow fence
« Reply #6 on: January 02, 2012, 09:41:11 pm »
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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knightquest

  • Joined May 2010
  • Birmingham
    • Knight Pet Supplies
Re: Willow fence
« Reply #7 on: January 02, 2012, 10:27:56 pm »
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
Ian (me), Diane (my wife) and 4 dogs. Ollie (Lab mix) , Quest (Malamute), Gazer and Boris (Leonbergers)

Miss Piggy

  • Joined Mar 2011
  • Cardigan Bay, Ceredigion
Re: Willow fence
« Reply #8 on: January 02, 2012, 10:51:45 pm »
Absolutlely fantastic, well done, as Happyhippy said the different colour barks just add another perspective.  :thumbsup:

Womble

  • Joined Mar 2009
  • Stirlingshire, Central Scotland
Re: Willow fence
« Reply #9 on: January 02, 2012, 11:05:46 pm »
Nice one!!
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SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: Willow fence
« Reply #10 on: January 03, 2012, 12:06:43 am »
They are beautiful
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Penninehillbilly

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • West Yorks
Re: Willow fence
« Reply #11 on: January 03, 2012, 12:52:16 am »
They look great, much better than my first pathetic effort. I must try again.

Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: Willow fence
« Reply #12 on: January 03, 2012, 08:00:26 am »
Knightquest
I am impressed.  They look much better than the wooden panels.  :thumbsup:
Sally
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Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
  • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: Willow fence
« Reply #13 on: January 03, 2012, 01:29:15 pm »
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....
"Let's not talk about what we can do, but do what we can"

There is NO planet B - what are YOU doing to save our home?

Do something today that your future self will thank you for - plant a tree

 Love your soil - it's the lifeblood of your land.

 

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