Topping the willows

If you once have top the willow you `ve to do it for the rest of his life every few years. If you don`t the branches grows to big and will destroy the tree by strong winds. In the old days there was a great use for the branches

[Vesna]

Beautiful, clear photo.

[Kerri]

Beautiful

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Lovely capture, Pyrrhula, and interesting information about the trees. Our sky is pretty gray looking these days, too.

[Daisy Miller]

Beautiful photo. I was surprised to see how much the willows are pruned.

[alia_801]

Nice shot of them :)

[Saxa van Eijnsbergen]

Typical Dutch landscape, a stream with willows along them. In the old days they used willow wood for clogs, brooms, gates. Nice shot!

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful composition, Pyrrhula. Love the vast empty landscape.

[mervyn hobbs]

That is a lovely photo.

[Fisher Family]

A lovely shot, and interesting information.

Ian

[Ivan]

Love it, like a Dutch painting. Here we call it 'pollarding', Ferry. Have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollarding - it shows trees in Zeeland, before and after!

[Pyrrhula]

@ivan Thanks Ivan I`ve get the word out of the dictionary. We call it : Knotten

[Diana Moss]

I like the simplicity of this picture its a fav

[Hazel]

Lovely perspective in the shot. Was the willow used for fences or maybe making baskets etc?

[Elin G. Reppe]

Lovely shot!

[Hazel A]

Lovely shot. Looks like work in progress on the trees

[Pyrrhula]

@quietpurplehaze For many usings. One is typical Dutch. The are used to braid/plaint mats to cover up the dikes with . They are then cover with basalt stones

[Yvonne]

Such a lovely shot.

[bruni]

Yes there are many ways to use the branches. Hazel mentioned some of them and so did you. I read up on in on the internet. great picture, Ferry.

[Karin Hirsch]

Lovel the solitude feeling in this shot , very lovely