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Bear Creek Distillery Installation

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Our great friends at Bear Creek Distillery are officially opening up their tasting room to the public! It’s been a long journey for them and we’re all excited.

They invited me to help enhance their space with some plant installations and I couldn’t have been more excited. Their space is already beautiful with a rustic theme utilizing reclaimed snow fence wood and other materials.

Here is one of the pieces I installed:
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Be sure to visit them when you get a chance. They are currently offering Silver Rum and Rye Vodka with other spirits in the works. I advice you to try out this new local gem and purchase a bottle or tow for your home collection.

visit their site for more details:

bearcreekdistillery.com

Caring for air plants

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Air plants, or Tellandsia, are fairly low maintenance plants and are easy to care for. In the wild, they typically grow on other plants or trees and even on rocks and non-soil surfaces. We use them in a variety of our decorative pieces and they practically grow almost anywhere!

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Everyone has their own techniques and climate/location play a big roll in what works well or not. The following is an approach that I use and have recommended and has worked very well.

What you need:

  • Small container like a ramekin
  • Fresh water
  • Time tracking device (clock, timer, etc.)
  • And of course the plant

Fill a small container, like a ramekin, with about .5″ of water for small-medium plants and about 1″ for larger ones.

Take the plant and set the bottom root area into a small container for about 2 hours. Do this about once a week for best results in Colorado climate.

That’s it! Place the plant back into its container and keep an eye on the moisture during the next week.

If you have any tips, please feel free to share them in the comments below.