Weeds to Trees

[spankybird]

As long as some of us are making trees, I thought I would share some trees that I have been making this week. Dave has shared some of this in the pasted.

These weeds grow by the museum and many of us that have been there see them in front of our cars when we park there.







First I spray paint them with a dark flat green paint.



Then I spray them with different lighter colors of green for highlights





Then it cutting them to the length that you want and placing them on the layout.







tom
[8D] [:D] [;)] [:p]

[dwiemer]

Looks great Tom. Unfortunately, I do have some weeds in the back 40 to do this with. So now I may look at them in different light.
Dennis

[csxt30]

WOW Tom !! Those look great & I sure can use some in addition to my other trees & the Museum can use them too, down the road !!
We're really getting into the trees here !! [:D][:D]
Thanks,

[Anonymous]

I believe the "weed" is Goldenrod. It is all over the place in late summer here in Patriots country. Its best used after it's picked and dried awhile, applying the Spankybird method.

[FJ and G]

Very nice work, Tom.

Goldenrods are my least favorite weed, as they tend to droop.

(abandoned railways are so sad, yet so serene; can you hear the whistle of the ghost train in the distance?)

[wrmcclellan]

Tom,

Those are not weeds. They look too nice. Come to Texas if you want to see a real weed. Anything that can grow in 105 degree heat while the grass is dying is a weed.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for sharing that with us. I will have to try this method sometime.

[Birds]

Great trees!

Those look like they would make great trees for a stand of Poplars used as a wind break.

[laz 57]

Nice job, TOM.
laz57

[Jumijo]

That's not goldenrod. Up here we call it "elephant grass". It grows very tall (3 feet or higher). I tried making trees with this stuff and found it liked to droop too much, even with a good spritz of hairspray. Tom seems to have found a solution to that. That's the ol' peeper, Tom! [tup]


Jim

[FJ and G]

Just to show the wide variety of trees that I fashioned from 100% weeds.

[spankybird]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jaabat

That's not goldenrod. Up here we call it "elephant grass". It grows very tall (3 feet or higher). I tried making trees with this stuff and found it liked to droop too much, even with a good spritz of hairspray. Tom seems to have found a solution to that. That's the ol' peeper, Tom! [tup]


Jim

This weed is well over my head. I would guess 8 to 10 feet tall. [;)]