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  1. bonsaiBlake

    Importing from California

    A fast grower with a base like that, I wouldn't pass it up either.
  2. bonsaiBlake

    New arrive in my collection: Euonymus

    Congrats! She's a beaut!
  3. bonsaiBlake

    Stoking the fire with a visit to Elandan Gardens.

    A trip to Seattle would be worth your while. 2 awesome bonsai gardens/ collections and tons of wonderful gardens.
  4. bonsaiBlake

    Stoking the fire with a visit to Elandan Gardens.

    Western hemlock, Doug first, vine maple, and a few different cedars to start. Collecting wild specimens will absolutely be a big part once things get growing. The goal is to produce high quality native prebonsai. I consider myself a canvas maker, I leave the styling to the artists.
  5. bonsaiBlake

    Stoking the fire with a visit to Elandan Gardens.

    It's been a few years since I posted on here. Happy to say this is the year I'll be purchasing property to start growing large scale. Went to visit Dan a few days ago at the incredible Elandan Gardens near Bremerton,WA. This was the second time we've visited and he never fails to impress. One of...
  6. bonsaiBlake

    Yamadori style alberta spruce

    I'm really sad to hear rob isn't around anymore. I think about this tree quite a bit. Awesome to see people giving Alberta spruce the chance they deserve in bonsai
  7. bonsaiBlake

    A visit to the rim.

    And some more...... plus an extra close up.
  8. bonsaiBlake

    A visit to the rim.

    Hello all, So I've been shoreside for about a month now. Some crazy things have happened in my personal life, positive changes, however crazy. Work related the fishing company I'm working for is paying for me to attend a six week course in Seattle. So last weekend the girlfriend and I, (yes...
  9. bonsaiBlake

    Out to sea!

    Well I'm proud to say I got em. After 3 trips and more than 115 days at sea I'm done for the year. The company is having me go to school starting on Monday to get certified as an assistant engineer(way more money) I made the right choice in doing this. I love the job and i'm that much closer to...
  10. bonsaiBlake

    $6 old gold: A progression

    Just barely have a signal. This tree died in a cold snap we had a couple months after creating the tree
  11. bonsaiBlake

    Out to sea!

    Still at the docks working on the boat right now. We leave first week of June. Bad weather starts in September
  12. bonsaiBlake

    Out to sea!

    Ours started February this year. Both sides of the mountains.... really early and warm this year.
  13. bonsaiBlake

    Out to sea!

    It's amazing. I'm being trained to be a chief engineer. I'll be assistant chief in 2 years or less, that's when I hit 6figs too. So bad ass working on a boat. Seriously the most complicated piece of machinery I've ever seen. Me and all my co-workers are the oldest brothers of our respective...
  14. bonsaiBlake

    Out to sea!

    It's been a crazy last couple months. Working 7 12's. Making in a week what I made in a month at the nursery. Absolutely freaking love the job! We fish for Pacific cod mostly. Occasionally we'll go for black cod and turbot. I'm taking the month of December off so that'll be the soonest I...
  15. bonsaiBlake

    Out to sea!

    most definitely not. i'll doing whats called longline fishing. all bottom fish
  16. bonsaiBlake

    Out to sea!

    not dutcheiland, dutch harbor Alaska.
  17. bonsaiBlake

    Out to sea!

    arr maty i'll see what can be done about that. perhaps a lovly beluga hat lies inyour future.
  18. bonsaiBlake

    Out to sea!

    Well guys its been a crazy last couple months. I ended a 5 year relationship with my gf, and moved back home to Vancouver last week. Went and had me interview in seattle with clipper seafoods yesterday and crushed it, they had me take a piss test and are running my background check as I write...
  19. bonsaiBlake

    Ulmus Selfie Contest!

    Awake and mating. . . . In my basement fulltime. Uh huh inside. . . This is why I use Chem ferts. I can push growth like crazy and have a 10 mo. growing season depending on species. I only had these guys outside for about 2 months this winter. Now I won't do it for their entire life but the...
  20. bonsaiBlake

    Look what I get to do today

    Plastic sheeting between the wood and soil, plus a good heavy deckstain prior to install will help you get a couple more years for minimal cost, esp the plastic sheeting. . .
  21. bonsaiBlake

    Nut nest!

    Its really up to you guys....I can do that repot procedure or we can style the top and worry about roots later. . . its a very healthy little bush as is. I'm heading back out of town this Thursday to visit family on the southern,OR coast for a couple weeks, I wont be back until the end of the...
  22. bonsaiBlake

    All aboard the Mugo train!

    Especially since it's the equivalent of working the tree in august here. . . .
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