Ongoing wood treatment

[JoeR]

The natural version of this will work great and look good for you. I am pretty certain Home Depot has it as well... http://www.thompsonswaterseal.com/penetrating-timber-oil/timber-oil

Grimmy

I dont know of any home depots around here but I will look for a similar product.

 

[CWTurner]

After I long day of sanding I am still not done but here are some pictures.

Sanding? There's no sanding in Bonsai!
CW

 

[Arcto]

Just added a little expansion here. The space between the 2 higher stands used to be a raised bed to fatten up my pre bonsai material in the ground. Unfortunately Pocket Gophers discovered it. One day last summer I found mounds of soil where my accent plants used to be and a Korean Hornbeam suddenly crashed. Probing the roots, I found the main ones chewed down to 2" from the trunk. So the in ground stuff will get a new Gopher-proof raised bed someday. Meanwhile, I put in a new heavy duty bench I call the grunt bench. Grunt bench because it's lower and all the trees big enough to get a grunt out of me attempting to lift them go there. The problem (my problem) here is that I expand to give the trees more space and improve air flow and light getting to them. Then I just fill it up with crap. Fortunately I've had another year to improve my carpentry skills. Don't worry. I measured precisely. Oh, opps!

 

[tmjudd1]

All nice looking work! You could also just use Cedar. It weathers well outdoors and is rot/decay resistant. Unfinished, it will eventually turn a silver/grey color, or you can just oil it to preserve the golden color.

 

[parhamr]

hoping to keep them around as long as possible

Use marine epoxy

…whoops, that’s a 4-year-old post