{"id":3854,"date":"2011-03-29T20:36:29","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T00:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.woodworkersguide.com\/?p=3854"},"modified":"2016-01-25T23:51:23","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T23:51:23","slug":"weed-pots-from-weed-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ravenview.com\/weed-pots-from-weed-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"Weed Pots From Weed Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"
We call the trees ‘weed tree’s because they grow like weeds, adding several feet a year to their height.<\/p>\n
We believe that the wood is a variety of buckthorn called Glossy Buckthorn. It grows on a corner of our property and as it is very invasive we have been cutting it’s progress down for years. One day we threw a piece on the lathe and discovered this beautiful, pinkish orange heartwood. Now, instead of cutting and burning the wood we harvest it. Our first ‘cash crop’. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n
Here’s a couple of more photos:<\/p>\n
Back to the shop…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Here’s a small example of the seventeen weed pots that we made from, what we call, weed trees. They make for a very decorative flower arrangement when weeds, or in this case, dried flowers are put in them. We made them for a spring craft show and they were well received. We call the trees […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[2959,2617,2642],"yoast_head":"\n