Christmas is coming and the geese.......

[Pierre]

There is a moth in France whose caterpillars are devastating the boxwoods all around, it can be got rid of, but many people are just ripping up their hedges and giving me the wood so I have found a use for the thinner branches.

8 down 32 to go!! a few Xmas tree decorations

 

[Penpal]

Like the colour and design.

Peter.

 

[flexi]

They look fantastic shapes, great job

 

[Bill Mooney]

Nice job Pierre.

 

[Dalboy]

getting box wood lucky you even if it is only small amounts. Have fun with the decorations by the way those are nice

 

[Pierre]

getting box wood lucky you even if it is only small amounts. Have fun with the decorations by the way those are nice

Its not small amounts its 5 trailer loads, these are just the thin branches, the trunks aren't dry yet!! and out of the partially dry ones I have managed to make 5 sculptors mallets!! They are literally ripping up whole forests of the stuff and most of it is being burned despite a law in France forbidding bonfires.

PG

 

[Dalboy]

Its not small amounts its 5 trailer loads, these are just the thin branches, the trunks aren't dry yet!! and out of the partially dry ones I have managed to make 5 sculptors mallets!! They are literally ripping up whole forests of the stuff and most of it is being burned despite a law in France forbidding bonfires.

PG

That makes you even luckier I am now truly jealous

 

[AllenN]

Very nice Pierre. Boxwood is certainly welcome. I am almost tempted to hitch up a trailer and come over! (Just joking)

 

[fortress]

Lots of wonderful shapes Pierre, very well turned.

 

[wm460]

Well done Pierre.

 

[Pierre---]

Its not small amounts its 5 trailer loads.

Right, boxwood was rare, it is now plethora here. See what I've got!

 

[wm460]

Nice haul there Pierre.

 

[Pierre]

I see your wisteria is doing the same as mine!! time for pruning I think. Will you be going to Aiguines next year?

 

[Pierre---]

I'm not sure, Aiguines is 10 hours drive or train from my place, but nothing is impossible...
Btw Pierre, if you play with forms for your Xmas tree, I could recommand this book. No bla-bla, just drawings, it has proved to be a very nice base for my daily exercise. What else to do with so much boxwood ?