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$15.99 from Ace Hardware. First one I picked up at that.

I bit the bullet and ordered a bamboo round from Mirai. The thickness is perfect and I made 12-13 varying sized chopsticks from one quarter of the round. The length is great and the strength is perfect for sustained use. After a few trees I took the tip to my sander and resharpened them up for...

I think this is a perfect way to honor the memory of one of our prized members. I’m in.

Spring 2024 repot. Deeper pot and a coarse perlite / coco coir mix. Roots straightened. This will be my “honorable mention” submission.

It most certainly is! Doesn’t it look great??

Spring 2024

Spring 2024

Finally in a pot. I can’t wait to see the yellow leaves with this blue

The roots were crazy and plentiful.

Volunteer silver maple dug up.

Don Lindstrom (Illinois ceramacist) slab for the forest on a slab. 9 trees total.

Bingo! Finally a differing identifier. Resinous buds! Last week when I saw the difference in the buds I figured I had a solid indicator. The photo of the “intense resin buds” is being ground grown. Thank you, mystery solved. Now I just need to tag each one properly.

Hello all, its been a bit since this post was started. The pines have had a bit of time to mature and they both are two needle pines. The three needles seemed to be a juvenile anomaly. Lets look at the late winter candles. Again... Jack pine or Lodgepole??

I have three silver maples. Pictures of two of the three. I’ll pay more attention to these this spring knowing there’s a bit of interest.

Today I started the Academy. I completed the Stages of Development lesson. Back to the whiteboard! Such a great and perfect lesson for beginners and an important refresher for intermediate and advanced practitioners alike. The lessons were thorough but not too long. I could pause and take...

Sorry Pandacular I misunderstood what you meant. But yes I agree, we need to go do something else for a bit.

Japanese black pines are multi flush and lodge pole/ jack pines are short needle single flush. These would be treated differently. The first is decandled where the second is not. There is also the long needle single flush, like the white pine. All techniques vary. Junipers have sub categories...

As a standard user I have for years taken notes for species specific live streams. I keep my notes in a binder that is divided into sub categories similar to the app. This information provided HAS elevated my knowledge and practice. When I decided to take the hobby more seriously I subscribed...

$18/month is not a small fee to sneeze at. I think the app sounds like it has a lot to offer. I was impressed with its functionality and the offerings, links to species specific videos and consice videos specific to the techniques that are recommended by the calendar. That being said… My...

I’m going to move it to a grow box in the spring with some fresh soil and give it some more attention. We will see how it reacts.

This volunteer that I have in a concrete planter would get frequent trimmings throughout the growing season. It looks like the ends of the top have some short internodes. This is probably all end of summer, early fall growth.

They seem to be vigorous growers. I’m looking forward to finding what the root growth looks like at repotting time.

Take two. Not as nice as the original. Fall ‘23 photo

I’m fairly certain the one in the concrete planter is silver as well. I don’t think I have any pictures in leaf, but to my recollection the leaves are the same on all three. Maybe the fact that it’s always outside, not overwintered in the garage, helps with the aged bark. The bark is one of the...

Silver it is! And when nature gives you something for free, why not give it a shot.