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| I made this rosemary wreath. |
2021 was a great year for our garden. It was my first year for successfully growing Hollyhocks, White Scallop Summer Squash, Lavender, and Rosemary. I will be showing you the wreaths I made with the rosemary.
Before Christmas I harvested the rosemary. I cut it about 4-6" from the ground. The rosemary when dried can be used for cooking and baking, to flavor olive oil or Kosher or Himalayan Salt ( no iodine).
Most of the branches were about 8" long. I rinsed them off, and placed them on a towel to dry ( not completely dry).
I went for a walk and gathered coyote willow branches along the sides of the road. They are thin and flexible enough to make the base for a wreath. I love to gather. You can use wire also to make the base.
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| Black Hawk Loved the willow branches. |
You can see above that our cat, Black Hawk, was fascinated with the tall willow branches so I slid them in a Christmas paper tube and kept them in the closet.
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| I gently arched the flexible willows into a round shape then wove the rest in and around the wreath. |
I took out 3 branches to make the base. I gently arched one into a circle the size I wanted and whatever was left over I wound it in and around then fastened it with green florist wire. I used the 2 other branches and wound each one in and around the wreath. It was not hard to do. It doesn't have to look perfect just round. It will not show once you attached the rosemary branches. I cut those branch ends at the top down to an inch long. Between the ends I fashioned a loop for hanging with the green wire.
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| This wreath for my neighbor had lavender and lavender ribbon. |
I began attaching the rosemary branches with the green wire. The one I made for my neighbor had some lavender flowers woven into the rosemary at the top and a lavender ribbon wound around the wreath. She was excited at the idea of using the rosemary to flavor olive oil.
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| I hung the smaller pieces of rosemary to dry. |
I had some shorter pieces and gathered them and hung them up to dry. I hung the last wreath here
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| I hung the last wreath here. ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Our Little Utah Farm Store has a 12 month calendar. Every page of this calendar has a beautiful vintage tractor that I photographed. We have Olivers, Farmalls, Allis Chalmers, Fords, International Harvestor, and John Deere. There is always a discount sale so be sure to include the day's code at your check out |
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| Deborah Moen of Little Utah Farm |
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| Here is a close up of my design |
