![]() Bone meal is high in phosphate and is alkaline by nature. Now I'm wondering if she did right or not?Ī: One application of bone meal to evergreens will not hurt them, but bone meal applied to evergreens really doesn't give them a ``treat'' either. Last fall, she said she had bone meal left over after fertilizing, so she put some around all our evergreens. Q: My wife likes to fertilize her flowers with bone meal. Because it looks similar to corn, they call it broom corn. When the seed head dries, the seed is removed and the remaining ``straw'' can be tied together to make straw brooms. This seed head is usually 24 to 30 inches long. A seed head forms at the top of the plant where the tassel is on corn. Are brooms really made from corn? I just can't see how.Ī: Straw for making straw brooms comes from a plant that looks like corn and grows like corn, but isn't corn. Or you can simply use it as fun seasonal decor.Q: What is broom corn? Over the holidays at my in-laws, someone wanted to know what kind of straw a broom was made from (yeah, a pretty hip party!). You can use your mini broom in your personal spiritual practice as a wand to sweep sacred space in a similar way. ![]() Optional - If you find the decorative ribbons slip, you can use a dab of hot glue to secure them in place.Īt our online Samhain, my daughter used Mary’s decorated mini broom wand to cast the circle around the table top. Make sure you let it dry fully before decorating with ribbons or beads or you will risk growing mold or mildew in the damp center of the bundle! Place your mini broom in a glass or vase to dry in the sun. You can leave your mini broom “wild” on the end or use scissors to give the pine needles a trim. Then place a second rubber band about one inch into the bundle. ![]() Like before, you might place a rubber band about two inches in to start. Then stretch them up and over the bundle side. You may find it easier to loop the rubber bands a few times on the plain stick side. Once all the pine needles have been folded down, help hold them in place by slipping on two more rubber bands. ![]() Take your time as you fold needles down all around the mini broom. Working in small sections, fold the pine needles back down over the rubber band that you placed 2 inches in. Hold your mini broom with the rubber band side pointing down and the free end of the stick pointing up. At this stage the pine needles might hide your stick entirely. Attach a second rubber band about one inch in. You want enough pine needles to go all around the stick nicely but not so many it becomes hard to secure with rubber bands later.Īttach a rubber band about two or three inches in from the end of the stick. Tap the end with your other hand to make sure the fascicle sheaths are evenly lined up with the stick. Gather the pine needles around the stick in your hand. You can gently press down on them with another towel to remove any excess moisture. If using a small twig or branch for your mini broom handle rather than a craft dowel, you can leave it rough or remove the bark and sand it down first. It’s ok if the very ends stick up out of water if most of the bundle is submerged. If they float and won’t stay down under the water, you can use another plate or bowl to help hold them down. It helps to arrange the pine needles so the fascicle sheaths, or little “connector” parts are all on the same side of your bundle. You can gather them in bundles with rubber bands. Soaking helps make the dry pine needles become more flexible so they won’t break later. Gather and soak dry pine needles overnight in a large enough container to hold them.
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