RE: bottle trees
- Subject: RE: bottle trees
- From: C* I*
- Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 18:31:46 -0400
put some place in the garden and watch the reaction from visitors!
enjoy the play of sunlight over it!
falls into the category of funky and fun!
Cheryl
(who also add whimsey to her garden!)
>Um, just out of curiosity........after you get the marbles all glued on an
>old (I assume) bowling ball - what do you do with it?
>Marilyn
>
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>From: owner-perennials@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
>Of Tiede, Karen E
>Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 11:19 AM
>To: 'perennials@hort.net'
>Subject: bottle trees
>
> Yup--same person.
>
>Yours sounds great--I might have to try one in the shade. Mine's in full
>sun most of the day and catches sunset.
>
>Latest project--gluing marbles on bowling balls. Boy, do they ever light up
>when the sun catches them just right! Use the new Silicon II caulk from
>GE--one tube covers one bowling ball, and 8 bags of marbles from your local
>craft store (Michaels has them at about $1/bag).
>
>With this year's drought, my glass may be the only color I have come
>September...
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: perennials-owner@hort.net [p*@hort.net]
>Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 12:01 PM
>To: perennials-digest@hort.net
>Subject: perennials DIGEST V3 #
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>perennials DIGEST Tuesday, June 11 2002 Volume 03 : Number 000
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>In this issue:
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> Re: bottles
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>Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 01:18:14 EDT
>From: ECPep@aol.com
>Subject: Re: bottles
>
><< In a message dated 6/10/02 7:36:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>karen.tiede@eds.com write onf bluebells:
>
> You are, I think, the same Karen who wrote on bottle trees?
>
> If so you would find one now in the shade garden sitting amongst the hostas
>
>looking like one giant Delphinium. When the sun touches it early in the am,
>
>it is an artsy looking thing out there in hostas and shrubs.
>
> My husband said, nothing to it, and collected lots of blue bottles from the
>
>landfill. They saved him all sizes and he drew a plan, made a form and it
>ended up a bottle tree. With all the garden art around this year, ours is
>most orginal looking.
>
> If it really will take all the bad spirits from my farm, doubly good idea.
>
> Claire Peplowski
> NYS z4 >>
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Cheryl Isaak
Londonderry, NH
AHS Region 4, USDA Zone 4B/5A
growing, stitching and reading in NH
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