{"id":24860,"date":"2018-01-27T23:34:02","date_gmt":"2018-01-28T05:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myhalalkitchen.com\/?p=24860"},"modified":"2022-01-12T02:37:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T08:37:50","slug":"use-winter-season-force-tree-branches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myhalalkitchen.com\/use-winter-season-force-tree-branches\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Force Tree Branches: A Beautiful Indoor Winter Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every winter I try to continue my obsession with indoor gardening. It usually happens after I get antsy with the realization that I can’t put anything into the ground with all the snow that surrounds me, but I persist in finding ways to keep my thumb green. That usually means forcing bulbs of some sort. It can be amaryllis <\/a>or narcissus<\/strong>– bulbs (learn how to force those in this pos<\/a>t) which can be found at all sorts of garden centers and even hardware stores or on Amazon. Sometimes they’re pricey; sometimes not. But if you have a yard (or legal <\/em>access to one) with trees that flower in the springtime, you can do this type of forcing of tree branches<\/strong>– for FREE!<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n

I originally wrote about doing this many years ago here<\/a> when I did it a rather complicated way, or at least it took a bit more time because I thought I should soak the branches in water before putting them in a vase. This time, I simply didn’t have the patience for all of that after taking a nice long walk outside (which was nice and peaceful) because I picked so many branches off my lilac trees<\/strong> that it took a while to clean them up (cutting off all the dead leaves) that I just wanted to get them in their vases instead of soaking them in a bucket and waiting to display them.<\/p>\n

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Tha outdoor tree branches I forced just a few short days ago are already starting to bloom! 🌲 🌳 #bringnatureindoors #winterbeauty #indoorgardening<\/a><\/p>\n

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