First things first, Alabama has already established dominance in TN, so there is really nothing those Vols can say to the A...or the Tigers, the other Tigers, and soon, Gus’s Tigers. Second, I really need to get back in shape.
I’ll post more about the visit in Saturday’s blog post, along with lots of photos of the nursery. His nursery is a good size for the stock he has, it’s not crowded and it’s not sparse. Plenty of room to walk between benches and study the trees. It has a good “feel” with the high fence, rustic whiskey barrels, and benches at a good height.
I wouldn’t call it a “retail nursery” because it may not have enough stock just yet, and most of it is big enough to make shipping prohibitive. I’d say the collection is for his clients visiting, for studying and training, and for Bjorn to have plenty of options when vending. He has a good range of sizes, varieties, and prices, but the majority of the stock was large domestically-collected pines and junipers.
Here is the juniper we’ve been working on for 4 years now, it’s 3rd round. I decided to make the movement a little more pronounced to the left by shortening the right branch and shifting some of the weight to the left. It will need to grow a little more for that to become apparent, but here is a shot from before and after:
