Month: March 2012
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Gnarly Branches Ancient Trees – by Will Hiltz
It occurred to me, after I sent diane Robinson a link to the blog, that I had not yet mentioned the book I contributed to. First off… diane is not a typo. I like to make sure people understand that… she is ‘little d’. In fact, someday when I grow up, I hope to be just […]
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The Taming of the Hornbeam
How fitting that the last image in the previous post be of the tree in this one. We didn’t plan it that way… I promise! Creating that essence of age that we strive for in deciduous material is a combination of several tasks over the course of many years. In the early years it is […]
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The Seven States of Bonsai – Part Four
(Yes, bless it all… this is the end.) Continued from Part Three… Recovery: The period of time between activities in which the tree is expending energy on healing and sealing wounds, or on regaining strength post damage. Once a tree has been worked over (especially its roots) leave it alone for several weeks. Water it […]
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Yah… it’s time to take a temperature.
Blogging is a new thing for us, and it would mean a lot to us if you would take a second to let us know if we’re being useful to you as a reader, or if you wish we were doing something else. Of course there’s a lot of ground we haven’t covered… it’s still […]
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The Seven States of Bonsai – Part Three
(Popcorn, soda, and a comfortable chair may be required, but should be worth the read.) Continued from Part Two… Stress: The effect of various impacts both intentional and not, on a tree. When stress turns into distress is where you have a problem. Almost everything we do to trees in bonsai horticulture is a form […]
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The Seven States of Bonsai – Part Two
(This post is rated PG… seedlings should not read this without parental guidence… Yah I know, keep my day job.) Continued from Part One in this series… Reproduction: The development of fruit, seed pods, or cones on a tree. This usually happens during periods of active growth through to fall. Reproduction for a tree early […]