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@rockm posted a question about the vendor. I'd never heard of them, so I checked it out. Too much $$ and one tree later I'm posting this review :). First, while I said too much $$ above, I think I got a great deal. The tree I purchased was much nicer than the pictures online. It's much farther...

I've needed to get a few new tools for a while. I started with pretty basic stuff from dallasbonsai.com, and they've served me well. But the tip of my concave cutter was chipped, and I wanted to get nicer tools than I had before. I ordered two spherical concave cutters and a pair of...

I am looking at upgrading my tools in the next year. I've recently read some good reviews of Kaneshin tools and I wanted to reach out and see if anyone has dircetly compared them to masakuni tools. Any input or experience on fit, finish, how long the hold and edge, etc. would be appreciated...

I did something I haven't done in a long time. Crawled a nursery. I've been in grad school for two years after working for 3. Now that I'm back in the workforce I thought it was time to add something to the benches. I found two dwarf variety JBP with pretty decent trunks. One has a very...

I had the opportunity to collect a couple RMJ over Memorial Day weekend. I tried my hand last year with exceptionally poor results. This year I was much more prepared. Once home, I potted them in the smallest containers I could fit them in. The smaller tree is potted in a traditional...

I'm going to be in Portland all of next week. I'm planning on paying a visit to Telperion Farms, as well as Oregon Bonsai. Are there any others I should plan to go to?

Memorial Day weekend was spent in western Wyoming at my parent's cabin. I've been wanting to do some collecting in the area for a long time, and I finally found a good time to do it. Both trees are Rocky Mountain Juniper (I believe. Utah Juniper are also common, but these have the red bark...

I hope I'm not too late... I'm in a pickle. I'm in western WY at my parents cabin, I have permits. I found 3 really nice junipers. I don't know if they're RMJ or Utah juniper, but I figure the advice will be the same. The junipers have unfortunately pushed some new growth. Not rampant...

I realize that this is a fairly juvenile question, but I want to make sure I get it right. I'm making 'poo balls' for the first time, and the directions I have read call for the inclusion of liquid fish emulsion. The only question I have with this (and it would apply to other liquid...

I've recently discovered an area in western Wyoming where I will be able to collect. I'll primarily be looking for ponderosa pine and junipers, but I'm open to spruce and fir as well depending on what I find. I will be able to obtain permission. Unfortunately the collecting area is more than...

I potted this hornbeam in the current pot last spring. Graduate school brought me back west, and Utah is much hotter and drier than Virginia. I think I'm going to need something deeper to keep the roots cooler in the summer. The trunk just above the soil line is about 4 inches in diameter...

I've run into a problem that I've encountered once before. Last time I was sure it was due to the close proximity of time between root work and a hard freeze that lasted a few days (trident died a slow death). Now the situation is different. I recently acquired a new trident. Bought it from...

This is an update to my scots pine that I posted in the summer. Sorry for the lack of a before pic, my old laptop died and I didn't moved all of the pictures on to my media server in time. I had some private instruction from Todd up at Garden's Unlimited; I purchased the tree from them as...

This is the same pine in I posted earlier. I was inspired by Chris and Irene's thread on the black pine, so I started thinking that I may need to start some maintenance on this one. I want to make sure that I don't remove the needles that shouldn't be. So, in the pic, remove from the red line...

I recently took the plunge and added a pine to the bench. Up until now it's been maples, elms and junipers. I've read what I could find about pines, and just wanted to make sure I'm not pushing the tree too hard too fast. I realize I could/should have repotted it in the summer, but I think...