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Thanks Will. But, that is not my site. I work as a field slave for Oregon Bonsai, but do not own any part of the company.
As for posting trees on this site, yes, in the past week I have posted 6. 5 collected from the wild, 1 collected from a nursery (and I say so in the threads).
As for my personal collection, I have approx 110 trees in various stages - 90% of the trees have been in training for less than 3 years (when I got re-invgiorated in bonsai), so they are not too far along - and various quality/potential - from total garbage to quite excellent material. I would say my trees with the greatest potential are all either collected yamadori or field grown potensai.
As for the best stock for my own personal preferences and what is in my collection - two worlds apart based upon, mostly, income. I do not get the discounts on materials that Jason does, so I do not have access to the same stock (i.e. my wife controls the checkbook and at this juncture it is not fat enough to continually spend hundreds of dollars on trees). My backyard looks quite different than Jason's, Randy's, Walter's, etc. - but that is where my preference is and why I am now a) pimping myself out and freezing my ass off in Canada so that soon it will be so, b) have begun importing hand made pots for sale (website coming soon) to help pay for the hobby.
While I believe good stock and bad stock can be acquired anywhere, I strongly believe the best stock will come from yamadori. Maybe that is my skewed view on life, but it is my view and I am sticking to it!
Rich, live from Edmonton
As for posting trees on this site, yes, in the past week I have posted 6. 5 collected from the wild, 1 collected from a nursery (and I say so in the threads).
As for my personal collection, I have approx 110 trees in various stages - 90% of the trees have been in training for less than 3 years (when I got re-invgiorated in bonsai), so they are not too far along - and various quality/potential - from total garbage to quite excellent material. I would say my trees with the greatest potential are all either collected yamadori or field grown potensai.
As for the best stock for my own personal preferences and what is in my collection - two worlds apart based upon, mostly, income. I do not get the discounts on materials that Jason does, so I do not have access to the same stock (i.e. my wife controls the checkbook and at this juncture it is not fat enough to continually spend hundreds of dollars on trees). My backyard looks quite different than Jason's, Randy's, Walter's, etc. - but that is where my preference is and why I am now a) pimping myself out and freezing my ass off in Canada so that soon it will be so, b) have begun importing hand made pots for sale (website coming soon) to help pay for the hobby.
While I believe good stock and bad stock can be acquired anywhere, I strongly believe the best stock will come from yamadori. Maybe that is my skewed view on life, but it is my view and I am sticking to it!
Rich, live from Edmonton
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