Garten-Idiot hier, für den Kontext. Ich habe gerade einen Tiktok (ich weiß, ich weiß!) darüber gesehen, wie schnell Weiden aus nur 10 wachsen" Stock davon steckte in der Erde und dass dies die richtige Jahreszeit dafür ist. Das ist meine Art von Gartenarbeit! Ich würde meine Kinder gerne zu einem machen "Wohnhöhle" aus Weide (oder einem gewölbten Tunnel?), habe aber einige Fragen und Bedenken. Wenn jemand Erfahrung oder Kenntnisse über Weiden-/Wohnstrukturen hat, würde ich mich freuen, von Ihnen zu hören! Es gibt einige Blogs im Internet, die Anleitungen geben, diese sind jedoch unterschiedlich und beantworten nicht alle meine Bedenken 🙂
-Ist es so einfach, ein paar Weidenzweige kreisförmig in den Boden zu stecken, und vielleicht auch einige schräg, um Diagonalen zu bilden? Dann binden oder weben Sie es zusammen, während es wächst? -Ich habe irgendwo gelesen, dass es Zecken anlocken/beherbergen könnte – trifft das auf Großbritannien zu? Ich schätze, dass Insekten es lieben werden, aber Spinnen usw. sind kein Problem. Ist die Weide invasiv/wird sie die Oberhand gewinnen? -Was ist für die Instandhaltung notwendig? Wie halte ich es auf einer festen Höhe, wenn Sie verstehen, was ich meine? -Irgendwelche Gedanken/Ratschläge/Warnungen?! Bild als Referenz – nicht mein Bild
Von: Persephone_238
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Roughly.
Don’t plant it anywhere near foundations though.
Hello! I also was mesmerised by similar tiktoks last year, so gave it a go – and it’s surprisingly as easy as everyone else makes it look!
Albeit I made a criss-cross fence with my willow whips, instead of a den.
I don’t know about it attracting ticks to be honest, so can’t advise on that.
Maintenance wise it’ll just be a case of weaving in new growth, or trimming it, in winter. Willow can take a good hacking- they’re very hardy, so I think it’s a really fun plant to experiment with as it’s fairly forgiving.
The main thing is that they’re very thirsty, they’d appreciate the wettest part of your garden. During dry spells in Summer definitely water around the base of your structure.
But yeah, it really is as easy as sticking them in the ground!
Only a few of my wips didn’t take and died, but most of them are continuing to live and grow. (Tbh i didn’t really take any extra care with mine as it was only a little experiment at the end of the garden. I didnt expect it to work as well as it has haha)
I’ve never tried it but willow has a long and remarkable history for being woven into hedges and living fences.
To avoid ticks, and make it safe play area, rake out as much organic matter from the center as possible and put down a generous bed of sand to make a dry hostile environment for ticks. Then each autumn rake out any fallen leaves to keep it so.
Ah, i remember these popping up on the playing field at primary school. Never appreciated them as a kid (we weren’t even allowed into the willow tunnel, only the dome) but now i think back on what a nice idea it was.
Afaik there wouldn’t be ticks in the vegetation without livestock around although not 100% on this. The willow would almost certainly root into the ground if the whips were fresh and the ground was damp enough.
5000 years ago I did a similar thing with privet. It worked well considering the idiot child that I was just jammed the sticks into mud and hoped for the best.
Most of the cuttings took root and I had a little hidey hole for the summer, i tied the tops together to make a tippee. The sticks were too close together so by the next summer it was a big mess and I was too big to get inside.
[https://littletrekkers.co.uk/blog/how-to-build-a-willow-den/?srsltid=AfmBOorjkFlHjwsUpYF0-_Nv55LGyqUGJAXJZhnKhQ2M0nVAEys43XGP](https://littletrekkers.co.uk/blog/how-to-build-a-willow-den/?srsltid=AfmBOorjkFlHjwsUpYF0-_Nv55LGyqUGJAXJZhnKhQ2M0nVAEys43XGP) you want rods, not cuttings and we’re bang in the middle of the best time to plant them (nov-april)