@Nagel420 , you have now inspired me to finally pop an ABC Ducksfoot! 
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Now that looks fun!!!
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Very cool!!! Valentineâs Day plant.
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@Shadey and @Sasquatch by potting it up now, she will be totally covered in new leaves by then 
Wasnât the plan (girl doesnât smoke) but the timing works 
lol I had a basket thing going on, but that looked really boring, really just like a bushy shrub LOL
@MoBilly It is kinda neat to be able to braid a plant, Iâve seen those bamboos in the dollar store braided, figured as long as its softwood, why not (willows are easy to braid). Hmm⌠now ya got me thinking, braid 3 lolipopâd plants⌠HMMM
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Just how did topiary inspire that? You making a topiary duck from the ABC ducksfoot? 
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That kind of comment is the type I often follow through with in order to punk someone.
You may get punked @Nagel420 , just give me a year.
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Iâd be honored to be the inspiration for such a work of art!
I do have one request though⌠I know sheâll be a lady, but ya gotta name her HowardâŚ
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You may remember that I worked for a landscaper for most of my adult life as well.
One of the most unique things I have ever seen plays right into what you are talking about.
One of our customers showed me his bench he created next to his pond when we went to bid on a job for him. He wove young willow trees into a bench then he cut it off and sealed the lower cuts with pine tar and metal caps.
He poured a pad for the bench and then planted Willows at the back and sides. As they grew, he wove them into a semicircle that grew together over the bench.
It created such a quiet and beautiful retreat. The pond was a manicured masterpiece after we finished. lol
See what I did there?
Almost threw my shoulder out patting myself on the back just then. lol
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I wish you had a pic of that, it sounds AMAZING!!
People with ponds in their yard generally have some of the most amazing yards I have seen. Some just have an endless supply of funds (One customer, heiress to a fortune made on typewriters years ago) would legitimately spend $5k on annual pond plants every year. Probably spent $10k on annual flowers for the property⌠I loved planting day there (did it for 7 years), I would make a day of it. It was like going to the fanciest hotel, that back yard was off the charts amazing⌠And she (the owner) was nice as well, BBQ for lunch, we took our time planting, she chose what went where, like it didnt seem like work!
We didnât do all that work, just the pond plants (heck, one of our wholesale customers built the pond, not even us!). But wowâŚ
My favorite though? Old Japanese doctor, off the boat from Japan. Truly a japanese zen garden, and Iâm betting he didnât spend nearly 1/1000th what the lady above did. He truly grew out bonsai, and had so many mature weeping pines, all perfectly manicured by him over the last 40 years. Tons of sedum, and most he grabbed as a cutting here or there. To hear him speak of his garden, he had so much pride in it. And I gotta say, having seen truly gorgeous gardens in Japan myself, his was right there with them. We only cleaned his pond / supplied some fish for the man. Loved going to his place as wellâŚ
But when nature is used like the willow was at your customers place? WOW⌠Another show of time and dedication, because those things donât happen overnight, even with how fast a willow growsâŚ
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careful with that arm, it takes us old folks longer to heal up 
Do you have some fresh buds as well to compare, or just gonna see what happens?
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Not this time, Iâll just see what happens. The arm is healing slowly. I can actually can move it more now.
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What you break?
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Dislocated my elbow Wednesday night at the roller rink. Lost my balance and caught the elbow on a table bench on the way down. I wasnât even on the skate floor. 
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OUCH!
Yeah, we heal slower as we age, and our injuries come back to haunt us. Lets try to minimize that man!
Hope ya feel better bud!
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I use one of them wheat bags you heat in the microwave after doing anything physical with my shoulder bro. Ive found itâs instant relief from the pain of overdoing it. 
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Safer in the jeep dude!
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Been skating 2-3 times a week for the last five years. This is the first time I seriously injured myself.
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Yeah, f that⌠grew up skateboarding⌠could never get the hang of roller skates or blades. Now Iâm too old for that crap, shit hurts too muchâŚ
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Thatâs a nasty bruise there. Your a trooper having it popped back into place. 
that there is no connective tissue damage.
I âsprainedâ my ankle missing a curb, and reflecting now, think I torn a ligament or something. About half the time when doing longish hikes with a load, especially on the way back on downhills it can ache and get really unstable, it also happens just standing around randomly sometimes.
Point being take care of yourself to make sure to maintain full functionđ.
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OUCHHHH. Man I hope that heals up fast for you bud, that looks seriously painful.
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