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    This One Started it….

    In the late spring of 2008 exploring snow conditions for work a few very small roadside bank slump were partially blocking road/ditch. Got out the shovel and Pulaski and got to work…I found this Mountain Hemlock interesting…loaded into truck. Though about using it in the landscaping. That...
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    Club Workshop

    A great day for our club members working on our trees, in an inspirational Bonsai garden with stunning trees. For obvious reasons……The members name/garden will remain anonymous.
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    Bonsai in the Snow -Winter 20/21

    Ok ‘nutters let’s see ‘em. For many of you this is a common and perhaps prolonged usual event. Not so up here on the PNW (50’th).... 4”(10cm) so far and some predictions are for another 6”(15cm)....looks pretty but it was gently brushed off, to protect many hours of recent wiring😂. First...
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    Gman’s Hornbeam

    Having this tree for almost 10 years, starting to look like my vision I had when purchased. I was surprised I hadn’t started a thread on it....it’s a graft but I can ignore that. It needs a different pot which is hard to find around here. First two photos May 2020 third one yesterday.
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    Sapling division, ghues Red Alder (Alnus rubra)

    Prior to posting photos (Ok I’ll throw in one 😂)......I thought I would preface the thread with some background on why I’ve picked this species and some information that might enlighten some and probably bore others....😁 I’ve had an idea about doing a Forest with Red Alder for a number of years...
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    2021 Forest from seed

    Collected a few Japanese Maple, Amur Maple and a yet to be determined seed.....two methods, fridge and ground method.
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    Sapling Division: A Forest of Misfits

    The following are an assembly of left overs from a club Japanese Larch Forest workshop. The trees were grown by seed by a forest seedling nursery for their first year, then transplanted into 1gal/2gal plastic pots for two more years, before the club get together. I took some of the unwanted...
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    The Hemlock (Tsuga) Discussion THREAD.

    Just wondering if there were enough Bnut members who wanted to review, discuss, ask questions, show examples, give personal stories on the North American Hemlocks, The Eastern, Western, Mountain and the Caroliniana? So is there? Maybe if we are lucky the moderator would add another conifer...
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    Just one more Hemi

    A Mountain Hemlock Yamadori, This one resides at my Daughter and son-in-laws house, it does well there enjoying mostly the “wet coast” climes......but yet some heat in the summer months which are usually “foggy” for a good part of the day. My grandson enjoys helping me with some of the...
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    New Display Bench in the Bonsai Pit

    This will be the main display bench in my Bonsai Pit. A number of years ago I was able to get some “free” lumber shorts from a local mill that was going out of business. The guy running it acquired low grade utility old growth logs from various sources and was able to produce some really nice...
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    Bonsai Pit Reno,

    Started a Reno on my little Bonsai Pit and display area. Initial set up was just based on the quickest one possible after moving my trees into the new house a few years ago. The bench area is almost complete, (way overcrowded) but after I finish the display area (leading to the fire pit...
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    Amur Maple

    I’ve had this tree almost as long as I’ve been in the “nuthouse”, (2008).....it thrived, was fun for a couple......then much of it rotted out, then let it grow wild for a couple seasons, trimmed it back last year and repotted it today into “ what I had lying around that fit”..........an small...
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    Odds an’ Sods

    I’m back.........it’s been awhile...... Many of us have the pack rat obsession......collecting interesting pieces along the way, telling yourself that you will do something with it. We’ll retirement kicked in so I’ll share a few odd ball, not really bonsai related items but “hey” If I cant...
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    Mountain Hemlock First Styling Attempt

    Here is a before and after of another yamadori Mountain Hemlock. Not from the same vantage point. Have lived and studied it over the last few years and have started the initial styling, will complete it this later in the year. Extra branches left on and foliage pads will need further...
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    Corky Bark Shore Pine #1

    Had to get this one out of the grow box it was collected in since 2016. Don’t have a lot of larger containers so went with what I have....for now. The bamboo stakes are holding the root ball in place and they temporarily lift the trunk into a higher position. I’m hoping that the trunk will be...
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    Cement/Concrete/Grout Containers

    There are posts on these types of containers so I thought I’d try and set up a thread where we can exchange ideas and examples. I tried making a number of containers recently using an Portland expandable grout, with. 1/2” wire armature and 1/4” drainage areas. Due to the design it took a...
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    Windswept Attempt gives another choice

    With yamadori, most times the nebari and base don’t have a great fundamental structure and are difficult to significantly improve. Thus is the case with this Mountain Hemlock that had fallen from the top of a logging road cutbank. It was a puzzling one with its “C” shape (pigeon...
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    Establishing the “Front” last?

    One of the mantras we hear about (when we do the first initial styling) is to pick/establish a front first, then get to work with clean up, branch selection, apex establishment etc. There are many examples where at a later date the front might be slightly adjusted or even the back becomes the...
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    Snow Silhouettes

    For those that can lol........following the Bonsai Shadow thread, why not share photos, tales, stories of our trees in winter.....first photo; December 2016 with our first heavy snow fall.....next three photos; today, showing the remnants of our first snowfall this year....main bench, juniper...
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    Slow and Easy

    When I first started on this Bonsai journey my mentors mantra was “Slow and Easy”. Did I follow his words and decades of experience?......of course not I was middle aged and wanted to speed things along lol. After adding to the wood pile to many times with mediocre trees I started to collect...
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    Practice Trees - Post 'me Up.

    Over on another thread there was a fair bit of discussion on the amount of trees that had died, which may indicate some form of experience. Well I don't like to kill anything but in my ignorance and impatience to "get there" with this addiction I have seen the consequences of either poor...
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    2013 Yamadori Mountain Hemlock

    Another 2013 collected Mtn. Hemi., after collection it went into a grow box and it settled in nicely over the last few years. Many of the lower limbs were removed prior to extraction and as I discovered while getting it ready for the big black plastic pot, there was actually two...
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    Rainy Day Projects....Sifting

    So what are your fall/winter projects.??? Btwn falll and spring we get many continuous periods of ☔️ days.....So one has to work inside. With drier days I have a wheelbarrow set-up. Here is my indoor sifting units....the large sifter fits tightly into the tote and if the material is dry it...
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    Kauai Garden

    I was fortunate to locate a bonsai garden here on holidays. I made an appointment with the owner to visit the garden but when I arrived this afternoon he had flown to the mainland on a family matter however, his gracious wife allowed me to observe the garden and take a few pictures. The photos...
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    Winter Preparation-What Do You Do

    Using the "search" I found a couple threads.........but they were a little specific to areas....so not wanting to crash them I thought we could share what we do.......for those of us that "have to" All my accents, small/medium sized pots (and more vulnerable ones) go into the raised vegetable...
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