LITTLE BLUE BOTTLES FOR A BOTTLE TREE

This is the first in a series of different bottle styles for our bottle tree.
This month: classic blue with a twist....these are all small bottles.

Psychological Profile for this Bottle Tree:
1) Fits in Factor:   Excellent, blue always looks nice in a green garden.
2) What Will the Neighbors Think Index: Ranges from 1(we hate it) to an 8(we can get used to it...maybe)
3) Ease of getting the bottles:  Ranges from very difficult to very easy (if you drink blue bottles of beer)
4) Staring at it after a hard day Index:  10...Blue will calm you down after a hard day. Grab a chair and stare!

The rarest blue bottles on the tree are these antiquated bromoseltzer bottles from my mom's collection.

Also hard to find are old Milk of Magnesia bottles and Alkaseltzer bottles. These are also from my mom's collection from long ago.

Not all of the bottles this month are antiques.

Did you know they make a blue beer bottle? I'm not much on drinking, but one of my friends found out what I was making and they were only too eager to help out. LOL

A friend of a friend drank this for me. I have no idea what it is, but the bottle is nice.

I found this one along the side of the road.

There are 28 small & medium blue bottles in all.

Most are these small antique bottles. I have no idea where my mom got them.

It's a nice type of bottle tree and since mine is actually a limb off a tree, it can't hold the weight of blue wine bottles.

That's it for this month's bottle tree. Classic blue makes a nice bottle tree and gives the garden excitement but with a lot of coolness as well.
 Next month I'll have an unusual surprise for you.
Thanks for stopping by.

David/:0)

FUN GARDEN TOUR: My Blue Bottle Garden

The narrow space between houses is a challenging spot for garden design. My blue bottle tree is on hold for now because I'm using the bottles for bottle spikes and bottle pitchforks. I call this the Marfa Texas part of my garden since the town is known for its blend of West Texas Twang and Cutting Edge Art.

I'd like to think I invented this idea....a blue bottle tree, I mean a blue bottle fork! Isn't it fun?

I'm hard on garden tools, but now I know what to do with the metal leftovers. As the rest of the monkey grass dies, it will look like hay. I'm not watering this area anymore.

Here's one of the blue bottle spike bushes.

Here's a green and clear bottle spike bush.

Blue agaves, Blue bottles, Blue house paint...it's all sort of relaxing.

My last blue bottle spike bush.

I made the walkway out of salvaged brick and some pavers. Black star gravel adds the finishing touch.

Oh look, a chair!

Our teenage son loves to show his friends this part of the garden. Even the coolest of them say ..."Dude, this is nice."

Hope you like the Blue Bottle Garden. Maybe you can make your own!

Thanks for stopping by.

David/ :-)

BOTTLE TREE for VALENTINE'S DAY

I made a bottle tree for my wife's Valentine's Day present. When I pulled open the window shades, she was a bit surprised to say the least. I like to keep her off guard.
Happy Valentine's Day. Hope your day is special. :-)

Right now the bottle tree is tied to a stump until it takes root. LOL

Just kidding. This is its temporary home next to the windows. It will be moved to the garden later.

There are many stories about bottle trees. It is a garden tradition in the Deep South. I still don't know why the bottles need to be blue but I'm sure there's a good reason. I'll replace the green ones with blue as soon as I can find more.