The Tree-wrap Experiment

When I first wrapped "my" trees, it had been hot, hot, hot and dry, dry, dry for weeks.  But...a week later: deluge!  We had a full day of almost torrential rain and high wind.

Next day I went out to check.  Did my ties hold?  What did they look like now?

Post-deluge, July 18-2015

The good news: they were (and are) all still in place!  And...some of them have begun to pick up stains from the underlying bark:

Interestingly, the sheet remnant didn't show anything then...

Neither did a strip of synthetic sheer fabric...

But as of yesterday, the morning after the hail storm the night before...

Hail stone - July 21, 2015

I checked again.  All four trees are still wrapped firmly, and now all of the wraps are being impacted by the elements.

Stay tuned...!  (Linking now to WIP Wednesday on The Needle and Thread Network...and going off to work at The Shop.  Lacombe Days sales begin today!)