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So, I went to the new mall expansion in town the otherday, and I saw something that caught my eye. I think this might be a step in the right direction for "mallsai" Dave

This was the product of a workshop w/ David Easterbrook over the weekend at Nature's Way nursery in Harrisburg, PA. There were 11 participants, all working on exceptional collected material. The trees were collected in the far northeast of Canada. Dave

do you cut or pluck the needles from the white pine in the fall? curious as to see what you nuts think the preferred method is. Thx. Dave

Ok, I cleaned up a few larches for the show this weekend. I thought I'd share.

Ok, I got this larch yesterday from a Bonsai friend. It is going to be a major challenge, that will take quite a few years. The tree was removed from a group planting in 1984 to begin it's journey as a formal upright. Around the year 2000, odd spring weather claimed the top of the tree. The...

As a fledgling club (founded 2005) we held our 5th annual spring show. With a new venue, we had our best show to date and plenty of foot traffic. Many pictures can be seen at our website WWW.mvbonsai.com I'm including some pictures of my 2 day demo. Day 1 involved pruning and dead wood...

Do any of your clubs have members who regularly set up a vending table at meetings? If so, does the club charge them any sort of fee? I'm trying to figure out the fairest solution to a tricky subject. Dave

Our club is looking to have a banner made for displaying at exhibits. I'm no artist, but I know a lot of you nuts are pretty crafty with the computer graphics. If any one wants to whip up a virtual Bonsai for our club logo, we would love the help. The name of the club is Mohawk Valley Bonsai...

I thought I had posted this in the past, but I guess not. I received it as a gift for styling a tree for a friend. It was in a large mica training pot. I reduced the heavy roots some, as well as removing some dead ones. I then shoe horned it into this pot for further development. Oh yeah, I...

No contest. What size copper do you find you run out of most frequently? What sizes do you order when you reload the copper supply? This thread has nothing to do with aluminum. Just curious to hear what size(s) of wire are most widely used/prefered. Dave

Well, I took some shots of a few of my larch with their fall colors showing. Dave

I picked this up because it looked old to me. If any of you nuts know anything about it, I'm all ears. Dave

This was a workshop tree that I aquired over the weekend at my annual club workshop. I got first pick, and selected this tree because most of my junipers are cascade or semi-cascade. This appeared to be a good candidate for a more informal upright style. If you visit the club website at...

Over the weekend, my club held its annual demo/workshop. The demo tree was a large San Jose juniper, and the workshop trees were smaller San Jose junipers. Mark Arpag, of Rochester, was our guest artist this year. Mark did a fine job, and everyone involved had a great day of bonsai. I was...

So, this one was kind of a bonus. As I was collecting Spruce # 1, I had originally thought this was growing off of the same root system. Problem was it was on the other side of the rail, and I thought it would need to be sawed off. Turns out it was on it's own roots, and I decided it would...

Bonsai society of Upstate New York had it's annual exhibit this past weekend. I forgot my camera, but i snapped some cell phone pics for your viewing enjoyment. Dave

Found this shortly after digging Spruce #1 I pulled it up like a carrot using brute strength. It took all of 30 seconds. It went into a box last spring that promptly rotted. Today, I planted it into a concrete mixing tub to develop for a few years. I shortened only two extremely long roots...

I spotted this in the summer of '09 and dug it up Spring '10. It went into a wooden box that was made from scraps and rotted quite nicely. It went perfectly into this big mica pot after I removed three thick dead roots. The tree put on tremendous root growth and I didn't cut any. I gave it a...

Before and after of a small larch clump. Very good chance this becomes the right hand side of a larger grouping down the line. As for now, I will enjoy it's development. Dave

Got this the same time as the other one, and the story is just about the same. See the story here. http://bonsainut.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1826 Right now, I'm more growing this into pre-bonsai, as it needs to grow more in the canopy/branching. For now, I am pleased with the progress...

Thought I'd post a pic of these spring blooms. Dave

I collected this one year ago, and styled it a couple days ago. Dave

Ok, After spending Saturday and Sunday as Walter Pall's "weekend apprentice", thanks to the Behr Bonsai Scholarship, on Monday, I picked out a juniper and put my newly aquired knowledge to the test. This is the result. I actually ended up with several useable fronts, and am in no ruch to...

OK, I picked this up last fall and just pulled it out of storage. I haven't really looked at it too much as of yet, and thought I'd get some opinions. The buds are swelling and I'd like to repot and reduce the clutter. I'm open to any and all suggestions, as I have no emotional investment in...

Ok, it is time to repot this little guy come spring. I have three options and I wanted to see what you nuts had to say about it. In september of '08 i bought this at Lowe's as a mounded landscape plant on clearance. The full story can be seen here. Well, without further adieu...