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Absolutely going to do this. Thanks.

Is that the stretch of median that's always flooded? Tempting. 2017, a car crosses the I-10 median and crashes head-on, around mile marker 5. We were stopped near Kiln for 3 hours. We left after midnight. Enormous tragedy, sure, but it gets me thinking. If I had a shovel, I could have been...

This is part of the median at a nearby intersection. I'm waiting for the light to change and suddenly yell "Crepe Myrtles!" At some point during recent roadwork a crepe myrtle was crushed or removed. Beneath these weeds there just might be something worth collecting. The police department of...

My local Walmart has salsa bowls on clearance for 10-cents each. Inside measurements are 4"x2". Add another half inch for the outside measurements. The feet on these bowls elevate the bowls enfor good drainage. I'll be putting portulacara afras I these. My recommendation is to NEVER use...

The truth we never tell when someone shows us their mallsai.

That's a graft. The root stock is likely a standard bald cypress. The shoots coming out of the base will not be peve minaret. I recommend removing them. The root stock of many trees are often much stronger than the grafts. Bonsai with grafted bases rarely make good bonsai. These trees suffer...

90%?! Wow! I'm thinking more like 95-98% is crap. :D "When all else fails - 'it's a windswept'" That's only when using the lower case "all". I would write it differently "When ALL else fails - 'it's a literati'" 🤣 Know what else has a big BUT? Those fat-bottom trees. Big ugly butts. Art may...

Here's some garden nursery trees that will NEVER be good bonsai. The last one is the rare nursery tree that has a chance at becoming good bonsai. Just all kinds of no. The fat bastard on the right is the sort of thing you want to avoid. This is some serious H.P. Lovecraft horror. If you...

...and this is how we learn! I had hoped to see more from this tree. I need to get back to experimenting with digging a channel into a tree and putting a piece of bent rebar inside of it. A few years back, I wanted to change the apex of a BC. The apex was bending too far back from the...

Well, this is only a little more than awesome! What's your carving tool?

Problem: Unnatural symmetry in bald cypress flat-top bonsai. Cause: Creating a new apex along with new branches at the chop. Solution: Understanding how symmetry is introduced into your design and avoiding it by doing one thing at a time; New apex or new branch. Building a flat-top bald...

$13,000/cubic yard includes delivery anywhere in the United States. Are you in Canada? I'll tell the border patrol that I'm shipping pottery. They would ask to look in the sack and I would say "Nooooo! Curse those Michigan roads! It's all broken!"

That includes the handles.

Attach an industrial vibrator to your setup:

Let me know if you agree with me on how good this is.

It's probably sold out, but it is something to keep an eye on. I'm not an affiliate. This link and review will not provide me any compensation. However I'm willing to accept admiration in small doses. Here's the SIFTER LINK ON AMAZON Product Name: "Soil Sifter for Gardening with 1, 3, 6, 9, 12...

I tried something similar to get rid of squirrels. My neighbor's dogs, who never misbehaved, suddenly tunneled under my fence and tore up the yard, broke pots, knocked over benches, and generally went insane looking for whatever that was. One problem was traded for another. Looks like a fair...

I have a Kania trap. It kills the little bastards. Their web site appears to be down. However, HERE'S ANOTHER TRAP. We also have bald eagles. They're taking care of squirrels, snakes, cats, the occasional chihuahua, and other prey. I don't know how to attract bald eagles to your area. We just...

C’est Bonsai is getting bigger every year. Underhill Bonsai has become a destination nursery. This year’s event is three days of demonstrations, workshops, and vendors. Folsom, Louisiana is a short 45-minute drive north of New Orleans. It’s a literal one road drive from the south shore of Lake...

The concrete is there to act as a base for a new set of roots. As the tree grows and the trunk thickens the concrete will cause it to swell and eventually put out new roots. You can do the same thing with fender washers, a tight loop of heavy gauge wire, or a CD. I used concrete instead of wire...

Long history of ignoring the tree. I did the “V” cut on the trunk years ago and it responded well. But my adventure with the roots has been crap. Last year I set concrete around the base. Time to actually follow up. I nicked the base and treated it with rooting hormone. The plastic collar is...

The day this tree was born, Daddy Cypress walked out on Mommy Cypress, stopping only long enough to chop down his neighbor, Mr Shrubbery.

My geometry teacher said this day would come. I didn't believe him. But at a guess, I would say 15-feet.

I posted this tree a while back. I collected seeds from the tree in December. I also collected seeds from a more typical looking bald cypress and a pond cypress. When I place the seeds next to each other, you can see a very noticeable difference between them. From right to left in the photo, the...

Some links: Underhill Bonsai C'est Bonsai event at the end of march: https://www.underhillbonsaistore.com/product/c-est-bonsai-that-s-a-good-bonsai-annual-event/306/2802 "Little Things For Bonsai People" podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/1M0AaKBKfZfGLxllIsIRL9 Patreon to support the...