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Even though everyone immediately thinks it belongs in the fireplace, there’s actually something else you can do with this tree. This tree has grown beautifully and it would be a shame to just remove. The angelic smooth, gray surface with its traces of time. Look at this majestic trunk. We will make sure that the customer can enjoy this tree for a few more years. But the old tree looks a little sad without leaves in the middle of the summer, while the forest is abloom. Looking at our chosen power tool today, you might think this is a firewood video, but wait and see. We use an electric chain saw from Dolmar, as it is very light and handy. In addition, it is particularly important that the saw runs well-oiled today, because we’re work on the old dry wood of the tree. We look at the tree closely and decide where would be the best place to start. We also pinpoint the most suitable and natural spots for the tree’s new purpose. And here we go, we cut holes in the tree with the chainsaw. This knothole is already partly rotten, so the chain cuts in easily. However, we want to preserve the branch, so we don’t cut too deep. First, we make a small plateau further up, roughly parallel to the ground. Then we also hollow out the wood here. And so we work our way through the branches. We distribute the holes evenly throughout the tree. Due to the straight cuts parallel to the ground, our little holes remain almost invisible from below. Here we saw the upper part of the branch off, but leave the rustic knothole there. Then the lower section is hollowed out. We make sure that the holes are evenly distributed on the branches. Here we just cut a little slot. This branch is not so thick, so it also gets one slot, or two. With the flat cut area, we make sure that the cut surface is as large as possible, so that as much wood as possible can remain around the hole for stability. In the upper part of the tree we have cut enough holes into the branches, now we look at what we can do in the lower area. This existing knothole is being slightly enlarged. We also use the knotholes on the main trunk, so that later the holes look more natural. We are keeping this part that stands out from the trunk, which will certainly look nice later. Between these two branches, we try to incorporate a niche. I'm curious how that’s going to look like. Ok enough with the saw for now. We are on the way to the store to get some Sedum. Here at Dehner they have a great selection and they’re very good quality. We also picked up thyme. As you have already probably imagined, we are planting the plants into the dead tree. The thyme has relatively compact roots, we have to cut them a bit to get them into the holes. But that does not matter to the plant, as long as you don’t cut off all the roots, obviously. The first one we put in here and stuff it with some soil. So far, it looks good with the thyme sitting in between the branches. And so we go from branch to branch like tarzan and plant all the holes with thyme. Now we use the stonecrop Sedum 'Chocolate Ball', which brings a darker color contrast and fits well with the wood. On this branch we want to put some blue festuce grass. We stuff it in tight so the birds won’t pick it out. The tree looks quite quaint already but we aren’t done yet. We still have more thyme, which I personally like, because it has a mossy character with its small leaves. And it’s small branches will grow along the branch or hang down sideways. We will come back and do an update video about that. Here is still some bark on the tree, which looks really chic along with the new greenery. We also have some of the small branches of the apple tree left, which later helps to create a more natural character. At the bottom of the trunk we mainly plant the darker stonecrop.
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