Loads of visitors have wondered what we have growing over our willow den to make it look so leafy so I thought I’d post an update to the original post ‘How to make a willow den for under £40′ so that anyone interested in making one next year will see that it GETS LEAFY ALL BY ITSELF!
There is nothing growing over the willow den,the willow withies are so easy to grow that just by sticking them in the ground and giving them some water straight after building the structure it grows to look like this by summer time. We love it.
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To think,when I was young I had to make do playing on my own in a muddy pond,making t-pees out of canes and blankets or in a hiding in a barn of hay bales…
But,that does look cool –I can imagine it being an excellent venue for beer drinking / playing / hiding (depending on age)
I first starting to read your blog when you had just posted the pictures of ‘How to to make a willow den’,we had just seen one in the flesh so to speak,so I was extremely interested in how one was made. Seeing it now all leafing up,looks lovely!
I lurk now and again and have actually found some great tips on various things,including putting bin bags in the bottom of the bin…yes I went back through your archives,which has been a great read.
I’m just waiting for a sore throat to appear,to try out the cayenne pepper!
A great all round blog with some great hints and tips…keep it up.
CJ
Hehe its getting to look like Teletubbies house. I love it!!
Oops didn’t see this!
I googled for living willow houses because Enid Blyton wrote about children building one in one of her books and I wanted to see if this was something people really do,and hopefully see pictures of one. Thankyou so much for posting pictures,please post some more!!! It’s not how I always imagined when I was little –I thought the willow rods would look more like branches and the leaves would be mostly in the roof,but your walls are green also,and the leaves are different from my image. Its wonderful to see what one really looks like. The book is the Secret Island. I’m sure your children would love to read it if they haven’t already.