To enjoy the last days of good weather or decorate your corner of greenery, take out the tools and make a garden teepee yourself that will fill your children.
Necessary material
- 10 branches of thick willow at least 3 m long
- 4 recruited in pots
- A number of fine rods of wild willow
- 5 m long hemp rope
- Wireless pruner (here the Keo Bosch)
- Wireless hedge (here the Bosch Ahs 55-20)
- Bosch Art 24)
- Work gloves
- Stool
- Spade
- Rope about 1.2 m in length
Provide about 4 hours for the construction of the teepee
(A Bosch creation and realization)
Step 1: Cut the willow branches
To start, cut 10 branches of willow, about 3 meters. Since they will be planted in the earth and constitute the structure of your teepee, they must be robust. The use of wireless pruner allows you to cut very thick branches.
Step 2: Dig a hole
The second step is to dig a hole 2 m in diameter, the width of your spade and 40 cm deep. Remember to leave around 70 cm of unrealized soil: it will be the entrance to the teepee. Little tip: as in the right photo, plant a stick in the ground in the desired center of the teepee, tie a rope about 1 m and with the spade at the other end, mark the circle you will have to dig.
Step 3: Plant the willow branches
Plant the willow branches in the hole, about 60 centimeters from each other. Use the hemp rope (and a stepladder) to tie the branches at the top, letting out point to give the typical teepee shape. Help of a second person may be necessary.
Step 4: Brass the stems around willow branches
To wear your teepee, plant the stems to be braid in the floor and then according to your tastes and the pace you want to give to your teepee, braid more or less stems around the willow branches. To bring greenery to your DIY, plant turned on the willow branches and why not climbing ivy for vegetable cover all year round. Finally, rebook the trench with the earth. Then, take your pain in patience while the branches and the stems bud. After that, it will be necessary to maintain and cut the willow branches.
