Re: Umm... Bottle Trees

In a message dated 2/6/02 8:14:56 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
karen.tiede@eds.com writes:

<< USDA 7B, eastern NC?  "Real" Bottle trees are a southern phenomenon, I
 think.  Started with the old glass milk of magnesia bottles, and Noxzema,
 when that came in glass.  Now mine is mostly Arizona Ice Tea, with a handful
 of Skyy Vodka bottles and a few wine bottles in blue.  Pity that Bombay
 Sapphire Gin isn't a real blue bottle; it's a polymer coating that falls off
 after a week or three in the sun.  It was easier to "feed" the tree a year
 or two ago by fishing through the recycling bin at the dump; now all my
 neighbors want blue bottle trees of their own and there are hardly ever any
 blue bottles in the bin.  I've been reduced to BUYING! blue glass at thrift
 shops and such. >>>>>>>>>

I have to admit that when you first posted that bottle tree message, I did 
not know what you were talking about.  I ran it through Google and caught on 
and wrote the location piece.

The South is full of  surprises.  Some years ago when I first saw the "flower 
beds" made from old iron beds I thought it strange.

We have a friend who puts up peeled bark dead trees here and there in the 
garden. That is is Louisiana.  

The bottle tree I could find on images, no CD tree although.

Around here we have welded together "sculptures" made from old iron farm 
machinery parts.  And lately black silhouettes of life size people in various 
poses have been sprouting in gardens.

Claire Peplowski
NYS z4

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