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  1. bonsaiBlake

    Stoking the fire with a visit to Elandan Gardens.

    It's been a few years since I posted on here. Happy to say this is the year I'll be purchasing property to start growing large scale. Went to visit Dan a few days ago at the incredible Elandan Gardens near Bremerton,WA. This was the second time we've visited and he never fails to impress. One of...
  2. bonsaiBlake

    A visit to the rim.

    Hello all, So I've been shoreside for about a month now. Some crazy things have happened in my personal life, positive changes, however crazy. Work related the fishing company I'm working for is paying for me to attend a six week course in Seattle. So last weekend the girlfriend and I, (yes...
  3. bonsaiBlake

    Out to sea!

    Well guys its been a crazy last couple months. I ended a 5 year relationship with my gf, and moved back home to Vancouver last week. Went and had me interview in seattle with clipper seafoods yesterday and crushed it, they had me take a piss test and are running my background check as I write...
  4. bonsaiBlake

    Nut nest!

    So this is a nursery yamadori (something the boss had laying around at his farm shop he gave it to me) I'm pretty sure it's a dwarf birds nest spruce. It's the right time to work spruce so I thought it would be fun to style a tree entirely as a group. Branches will only be removed if the...
  5. bonsaiBlake

    Weeping mulberry madness

    Here's one I snagged from the nursery last year. Did a mid summer repot, it's very happy and looks like it's going to have a great year. This variety though I'm hesitant to call it such, seems to be a dwarf variety, the leaves are minuscule compared to a standard or fruiting mulberry. I'm going...
  6. bonsaiBlake

    Globe Willow in Pearlite

    here is the globe willow stump I saved when I first started at the nursery back in march. I was in a rush to get it potted and since I thought potting soil to be no good I tried some old recycled pearlite. here are the results. Please not the severe damage caused due to willow borers. I've...
  7. bonsaiBlake

    From weeping to windswept; a larch progression

    here is the most recent victim. I do enough talking in the clips. Any advice, tips, suggestions. . . I want to know what you guys think. I'm still at least a few hours from being done. Going to the couve/PDX for the weekend so I'll finish her up early next week. I started this on Sunday morning...
  8. bonsaiBlake

    Artisans Cup 2015

    Anyone entering trees? Anyone planning on going? It at the Portland art museum Sept. 25-27. First place is 10k. I gotta ask is that a normal purse for bonsai comps. That's one area of the art I haven't really looked into is competitions and shows. I'm not going to have anything showable for at...
  9. bonsaiBlake

    It can be done.

    Here it is in bloom, a native desert sage of some sort. Very happy. a picture from this morning and one from when I got home. I collected this guy last year during summer dormancy and it has been in the stainlees colander ever since. one of only 2 specimen to survive my first year at this, my...
  10. bonsaiBlake

    OH No. . .

    I've been busy. I work 4 days a week at the flower farm now. Its awesome. They do and have everything from propagating(everything plants and trees/shrubs) to rubber trees in the green house and all kinds of stuff outside. Ever heard of a Bosnian Pine? Anyways, I'll be working five+ days a week...
  11. bonsaiBlake

    One year In.

    A year already. It was around this time last year I had a batch of pine seeds in the fridge and a roadside vendor tree dieing in the back yard. A lot has happened in the past 12 months. I've killed quite a few trees and even kept a couple alive. Found a passion for an art form which will be part...
  12. bonsaiBlake

    Finally going to a Garden!

    Headed back to Vancouver for a few days this week. Did some heavier research into bonsai resources in the Portland/Vancouver area, and holy S#$% Portland is like a Mecca of Bonsai(thanks for telling me guys) So anyways I called a Garden called Daybreak Gardens come to find out their located...
  13. bonsaiBlake

    Lunch Break Lowe's run

    The next victim has been selected. Plan is a full cascade, not going to butcher this one, going for long term developement. Its a tam juni, I know I know, tams dont work. We shall see. . . For $4 I'm more focused on getting wiring practice than anything. Off work mon&tues so I'll post updates then.
  14. bonsaiBlake

    Box Store Challenge: Members Choice Award

    So here's the dealie-o. Since there are no "thanks" yet on the Box Store Challenge Final Photos threads, there will be a Bnut members choice award. Voting is simple. 1 "Thanks" per member, per catergory(1-begginers, 1-intermeadiate, 1-advanced) Polls will open Noon tomorrow (PST) and...
  15. bonsaiBlake

    $6 old gold: A progression

    So since this was my first time ever doing this, I documented the whole day of working on and creating this tree. heres how it went. 1. Get tree 2. Find the trunk line 3. Shorten pot, reduce/remove uneeded foliage(crotch branches, weak foliage) 4. Continuation of 3 5. Main branch wiring...
  16. bonsaiBlake

    Need advice ASAP!!

    So the roadside vendor I bought my first trees from this spring is back in town. It just so happens to be my gf and I's 3 yr anniversary so im thinking ill probably be getting a tree. Its a good way to commemorate things with , a bonsai. Anyways. I need trees that will survive my cold a##...
  17. bonsaiBlake

    Calling all Washington state yamadori collectors!

    I'm planning on doing some major collecting trips next year and want to make sure I do everything by the book. I'll be in east clark county/skamania county. Just wondering who i need to contact regarding collecting permits. USFS, WDFW, USPD, weyrhouser? any tips/advice much appreciated as always.
  18. bonsaiBlake

    Weather difficuties. . .

    Every part of the country has it's own particular set of climatic "issues" if you will, that bonsai artists/owners must overcome. For me it's wind and sun. I combat this with a greenhouse and shade cloth. . . What element do you spend the most time protecting your trees from? And how do you...
  19. bonsaiBlake

    "They Journey"

    There's nowhere on here to post about Pen Jeng so I put it here. This is what i've been doing to keep busy till fall styling. Figureins from a small portland shop. Edit: Title is supposed to be "The Journey"
  20. bonsaiBlake

    Ever seen one of these?

    Picked this little guy up yesterday when i was in portland. As soon as I laid eyes on it I knew I had to have it. It's a mini rug with a bonsai on it. Not sure whats up with the plums growing out of the side of the pot. Any ideas on what this purpose of this is or any info at all would be much...
  21. bonsaiBlake

    The Mother Tree

    This is growing in my front yard. I'm planning multiple airlayers next year. I started one at the end of may and it is showing new growth so thats exciting. Anyone have an idea on culitvar. It's about 7' tall with an 8-10" trunk. I''m planning on shaping it into a very large informal upright...
  22. bonsaiBlake

    Just kind of cool.

    So I was have a converstaion on the phone with my dad back in feb/march, telling him about a new hobby I was starting, bonsai, this was before I had any trees, only seeds stratifying. He stops me right there and says "You don't remember?" I say "remember what?" He then tells me I need to call my...
  23. bonsaiBlake

    Let the chastising begin

    Here it is. My dwarf alberta spruce slipped potted a couple days ago, plan for a styling and jinning on the second trunk(about 1/3 from bottom of tree), this winter. I'm following Gram Potters techniques with spruce. This tree stands 20" from nebari to apex. I have a 3 year styling plan slowly...
  24. bonsaiBlake

    Candles a' pushin'

    So here's my mugo(slip potted about 1.5mo ago), dwarf alberta spruce(purchased on mothers day), and 2 twoyear Eastern white pine seedings(came bare rooted in mail 2mo ago). All cominging along nicely. All the candles are pushing good, the mugo has fully opened all of its new needles. Just kind...
  25. bonsaiBlake

    Formal uprights

    I've noticed there really arent many formal uprights on this site. Sooooo. . . . If you have a F.U.(haha) lets see it. any species deciduios/evergreen, typical or not, whatever it is in formal upright style.
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