Shady's Latest Dumbassary

[ShadyStump]

I did not get to the shed today.

The adventures brought on by middle-aged knees, and tenderfoot dogs.

I said, "no more trees this year, at least until I can trust you to not eat them." So it was supposed to be a casual walk through the woods with my new dog before cleaning my shed this afternoon. "Ok," I'd conceded to him as we drove in my minivan out to a not-too-far-off mesa. "Maybe if we find...

www.bonsainut.com

 

[ShadyStump]

 

[ShadyStump]

New bench.

Just a pallet with legs; almost as crappy as my reused fence bench, but flatter on top.

And we got started on planting the vegetable garden today.
Still have to call my oldest daughters' principal. Who the makes the kids getting bullied stay inside for lunch?!

 

[ShadyStump]

And, no, I haven't gotten to the shed yet.

 

[ShadyStump]

My oldest's latest project.
We'll see how far the word has spread in one week.

 

[ShadyStump]

View attachment 486546
My oldest's latest project.
We'll see how far the word has spread in one week.

Massive dud, BTW.
We'll try again next year.

 

[ShadyStump]

Anywho, the shed.

Got half of it done.

But the other half


Oh, well, that wasn't quite as bad as I was afraid of.

But where to put this?

Whatever, I've been having to Jacky Chan over it all for 6 months. Anything's an improvement.

Some sorting and organizing to do, but otherwise all done.

Now I can start on my laundry room.

 

[ShadyStump]

String cheese and apples for breakfast with my 4 year old son, and he wanted to plant the seeds.

He even picked the pot himself.
We'll see what happens. I have a little lemon tree from a seed I planted a couple years ago, so I'm betting on something fun happening.

 

[ShadyStump]

Forgot to update the seeds I've been stratifying.
Got the big tooth maples planted in a flat a week ago, but only the 14 best looking out of the ones I had. Many of them had started molding in the fridge. Last night saw a couple had popped.

Not too excited because there were two seeds that had roots extending from the stratification time. I'm hoping to see more, but the condition of many of the seeds has tempered my expectations significantly.

 

[ShadyStump]

3 Rocky Mountain junipers that planted themselves last year, and made it through winter. They've gotten a bit of tree and shrub feet in spring, and watered, and that's it.

Only one has really grown at all, so the others will likely be culled if nature doesn't do it for me.
Hoping for some nice thick foliage, but really won't know for a couple more years.

 

[ShadyStump]

Sure glad I built that other bench because I woke up to this this morning.

The whole bench folded right over in the rainstorm last night. One of the wires that held it stable broke the other day, and I hadn't gotten to fixing it yet.

A few trees dumped from their pots, but otherwise not bad. Some character added, but no major style choices made from me.
My yamadori mame collected this spring was MIA for a little while, but I finally found it another tree.
Anyways, yeah, new benches on the list.

 

[ShadyStump]

Seed updates.

The two big tooth maples ran out of room in their covered container, so I took the lid off.

They do not have big teeth, nor do they look like maples. I'm sure they'll grow up just fine, though.
Will get their first fertilizer dose soon I think.

Planted my curl leaf mountain mahogany seeds today.
I'm going to use some for the ROR contest, so I've been documenting over there. Here's the link to the latest post.

Shady's '23 ROR Contest Thread

I ordered some curly leaf mountain mahogany (cercocarpus ledifolius, family rosacea) seeds a while back. They took longer than I'd hoped to get here, then I took longer than I'd intended to get to them. Only so much info on what sort of treatment they do best with, but what little I found...

www.bonsainut.com

 

[ShadyStump]

Update on the big tooth maples.
No other seeds have sprouted, but these two have actual maple type leaves now. Otherwise, they've done next to nothing in a month and a half.

I need to rearrange some things, but I think I'll pull them out of the greenhouse and put them with the rest of my trees. Maybe more fresh air and sunlight is what they need.

 

[HorseloverFat]

Seed updates.

The two big tooth maples ran out of room in their covered container, so I took the lid off.
View attachment 493267
They do not have big teeth, nor do they look like maples. I'm sure they'll grow up just fine, though.
Will get their first fertilizer dose soon I think.

Planted my curl leaf mountain mahogany seeds today.
I'm going to use some for the ROR contest, so I've been documenting over there. Here's the link to the latest post.

Shady's '23 ROR Contest Thread

I ordered some curly leaf mountain mahogany (cercocarpus ledifolius, family rosacea) seeds a while back. They took longer than I'd hoped to get here, then I took longer than I'd intended to get to them. Only so much info on what sort of treatment they do best with, but what little I found...

www.bonsainut.com

Hehe!

Those TOTALLY look like maple seedlings!

 

[ShadyStump]

Been a while.

Those two maple seedlings didn't make it. Not sure if they dampened off or what, but they eventually wilted away. Nothing at all from the cercocarpus.
Still keeping the trays going just in case, but no real hopes.

With all my trees behind a fence I've really not done much all summer until today.

Tiny bit of wire on a benjamina clump.

Totally should've thought that out more. Started splitting the branch off. Hopefully it heals back together.

And a new go at the ROR challenge with a tiger bark.

You can find details over in my contest thread.

About time to clear out the garden, but migrating my tropicals will come first. As soon as we have a few consecutive nights in the 40s. So far it's shaping up to be a real autumn here, so shouldn't be long.

 

[ShadyStump]

Not bonsai related, but sorta tree related.

My 8yo found a bird egg on the ground under a neighbor's juniper. We'll see what happens.