Use natural materials from around your yard as part of your hardscape. Fallen branches make an attractive trellis for climbing plants in your landscaping or vegetable garden.
Make use of the free natural materials that you find in your yard or salvage them from a friend or neighbor. Branches and logs create a natural look while also benefiting wildlife: stones and logs in the landscaping add visual interest as well as providing cool, moist shelter for salamanders and small arthropods. Use fallen branches to build a trellis for climbing vines or in the vegetable garden for pole beans or cucumbers. Make a fun hide-a-way for kids by positioning the poles in a circle like a teepee to create a shelter of green. Sections of logs placed upright make a great natural seat, and large branches can be used to line edges of landscaping or walkways. As they break down, the decomposed wood boosts the nutrients in the soil.
Photos by Susan O'Donnell
Make use of the free natural materials that you find in your yard or salvage them from a friend or neighbor. Branches and logs create a natural look while also benefiting wildlife: stones and logs in the landscaping add visual interest as well as providing cool, moist shelter for salamanders and small arthropods. Use fallen branches to build a trellis for climbing vines or in the vegetable garden for pole beans or cucumbers. Make a fun hide-a-way for kids by positioning the poles in a circle like a teepee to create a shelter of green. Sections of logs placed upright make a great natural seat, and large branches can be used to line edges of landscaping or walkways. As they break down, the decomposed wood boosts the nutrients in the soil.
Photos by Susan O'Donnell
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