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Omono
Hi Folks,
I wanted to share with you a very special day I had last week…….where my profession (work day), my joy of Bonsai and love of mother nature all came together.
I know, I know….you’ll give me a hard time about “cheating” and I missed out on the wonderful experience it would be to pack them out on my back lol….but what’s a guy gonna do when it all falls into place.
Around this time of year we spend 3-4 full days in a helicopter exploring our Tree Farm License (large area of public forest land) looking for any tree/forest health issues, patches of wind-throw/slides, ensuring our ecosystems are functioning as planned…etc.
Well after 3-4 hours of reading maps, writing, taking photos, recording info., vertigo usually sets in on one of the crew so we ask the pilot to head to a location for lunch to clear our heads.
Luckily for me it was at 5500’ and a sub-alpine area with stunning views and vista’s. After a quick bite to eat…. I explored the area and had 3 small mountain hemlock wrapped and ready to go (using only a small trowel and pruners). The rooting mass and zone on them is very shallow as the soil mantles are very thin so they came away with almost all of the roots.
They aren’t show stoppers but I’ve always been drawn to trees with curves which are fun to work with….definitely not classic bonsai (#1 branch on first curve on one side, second branch etc), or yamadori but what a special day.
Photo includes a shot of the Alpine lake, our transport/pilot, the 3 specimens and the most interesting (with a nice natural dead top).
Cheers
Graham
I wanted to share with you a very special day I had last week…….where my profession (work day), my joy of Bonsai and love of mother nature all came together.
I know, I know….you’ll give me a hard time about “cheating” and I missed out on the wonderful experience it would be to pack them out on my back lol….but what’s a guy gonna do when it all falls into place.
Around this time of year we spend 3-4 full days in a helicopter exploring our Tree Farm License (large area of public forest land) looking for any tree/forest health issues, patches of wind-throw/slides, ensuring our ecosystems are functioning as planned…etc.
Well after 3-4 hours of reading maps, writing, taking photos, recording info., vertigo usually sets in on one of the crew so we ask the pilot to head to a location for lunch to clear our heads.
Luckily for me it was at 5500’ and a sub-alpine area with stunning views and vista’s. After a quick bite to eat…. I explored the area and had 3 small mountain hemlock wrapped and ready to go (using only a small trowel and pruners). The rooting mass and zone on them is very shallow as the soil mantles are very thin so they came away with almost all of the roots.
They aren’t show stoppers but I’ve always been drawn to trees with curves which are fun to work with….definitely not classic bonsai (#1 branch on first curve on one side, second branch etc), or yamadori but what a special day.
Photo includes a shot of the Alpine lake, our transport/pilot, the 3 specimens and the most interesting (with a nice natural dead top).
Cheers
Graham