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How to Preserve the Colors of Fall Foliage
By Annie B. Bond
I saw the most beautiful peach-red leaf today, one of the most beautiful fall foliage colors I have ever seen. This is a leaf I want to keep!
My mother had a trick she used to preserve the color in fall foliage leaves, and I have since seen this technique suggested in old folk formula books. It really works, and the leaves stay on the branches and keep their color for weeks. I’m happy to share this tip, and use it myself. Here is her secret:
All you need is a little bit of vegetable glycerin, water, and newly cut branches with colorful leaves. Just put about 1/2 a teaspoon into a vase full of water, stir, and then add the branches. With this, the leaves stay on the branches and keep their color for weeks. Refresh the water and glycerin every week. Pure vegetable glycerin is available in health food stores.
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add your comment »You can use your preserved leaves to make wreaths, adorn your fireplace mantle, make a centerpiece for your dining room table, or use them as part of your outdoor yard decor. The choices for what to do with your preserved Fall leaves are endless, and only require a bit of imagination.
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Kathy, I'm in the Naperville area. The Arboretum is close by, and I also love going to Starved Rock and Mathiesen state parks. Heck, just going out to the local forest preserve is pretty awesome! Now if only I could walk... I broke my ankle in a big way during a hike at Mathiesen, on the way out of the Giant's Bathtub. Well, at least I got to see some lovely scenery as the Oglesby Fire & Rescue carried me out of the canyon...(don't tell my hubby I said that...).
BTW, is Galena wheelchair friendly? Do the shops have ramps at the entrances, etc?
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Thanks for the tip as our leaves in IL are about to start turning soon.
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Thank you for the vegetable glycerin and water idea. Sounds great for preserving a small branch. Using the old wax paper technique is okay for individual leaves, but not with a branch. Besides, I'm not even sure where my iron is, I don't have an ironing board, and I don't even use it on my clothing! The vegetable glycerin and water sounds so much easier!
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I learned way back in Grade School the best way to preserve fall leaves was to Fold Wax Paper and tape it down on a wooden board and put the leaves in the middle and take a warm iron and iron the leaves to the wax sticks to the leaves then u carefully peel the wax paper away from the leaves and your fall leaves will always stay the Color you found them Sincerely Alma I Kelly Bradford Pa.
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When I was a child in elementary school our teacher had us gather fall leaves. We put them between two pieces of waxed paper (which we used back in the day for wrapping brown bag lunch sandwiches) then put that between two pieces of newspaer, then used a hot iron to press the newspaper so the wax would transfer onto the leaves and preserve them. It worked great!
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If you're in the area of Illinois and want to go hunting for beautiful places, Galena IL is an awesome area for color and just a beautifully quaint Victorian town. You won't be dissappointed!
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Another great to travel on the autumn is Duluth. You can also watch Hawks migrating past Hawk Ridge National Park...read more on this lovely posts http://www.mytravelguideposts.com/2009/08/things-to-do-in-duluth-mn-duluth.html
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thanks...
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Here is a good link to Hudson Valley Fall Foliage (should be in full power in 2 weeks.)
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