Pondy & RMJ Collecting
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Nice haul Brian.....makes me want to visit my in-laws in Piedmont
Kinda looks like the little River Canyon area.
Here is the 64,000 dollar question...with the truck in the car wash were you bare rooting or cleaning the truck
Thanks for sharing ..great images of what was obviously a great day.
Kinda looks like the little River Canyon area.Here is the 64,000 dollar question...with the truck in the car wash were you bare rooting or cleaning the truck
Thanks for sharing ..great images of what was obviously a great day.
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Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Victrinia Ridgeway
Omono
Can you tell us about the green tags?
Victrinia
Victrinia
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Yeah, you can only dig up the ones that have them....
Actually, they are permits to collect. Since we were in National Forest, you have to buy in advance and tag them before loading.
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Bill S
Masterpiece
The site won't let me say just WOW which would be an understatement I guess, NICCCCCCCCCe.
Ryan you do, just a slightly different varieties. I know, wish I could take a collecting trip or three thru there myself.
Ryan you do, just a slightly different varieties. I know, wish I could take a collecting trip or three thru there myself.
october
Masterpiece
This is incredbile material... Going to make it kind of difficult to stare at it all the time for the next 1-2years until it is ready to be worked..
Rob
Rob
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Not at all. I have patience like a monk...and...uh...more honestly, I left them all at my buddy's house up in Iowa, so I probably won't even see them again for a year. They're in great hands...just not mine yet; maybe in fall '11 or '12. Figured they'd acclimate better there than in B'ham.
I'm loading more photos up on my website, should be easier to see them here:
http://www.nebaribonsai.com/Nebari_Bonsai_112109/Collecting_Trip.html
Enjoy!
They're in great hands...just not mine yet; maybe in fall '11 or '12. Figured they'd acclimate better there than in B'ham.I'm loading more photos up on my website, should be easier to see them here:
http://www.nebaribonsai.com/Nebari_Bonsai_112109/Collecting_Trip.html
Enjoy!
october
Masterpiece
lol. Great idea......out of sight out of mind... However, with pre-specimen mateial like that, I don't think they will be that..out of mind..
Rob
Rob
jquast
Chumono
Yeah, you can only dig up the ones that have them....
Actually, they are permits to collect. Since we were in National Forest, you have to buy in advance and tag them before loading.
Brian,
How did you get the permits to collect in the National Forest? Is it a process that you have to plan for and get permission far in advance or was it a simple procedure?
Thanks,
Jeff
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
@ Rob: you are 100% right...which is why I took so many photos, and even video of the trees. They'll be mentally styled by the time they're ready!
@ Jeff:the permits are "Forest Products Removal Permits" and you can get them at the US Dept. of Agriculture - Forest Service. Basically, any national forest office will sell them for the national forest they support.
You can walk in and buy them. Some regulations exist...personal use only for anything up to 6' tall, 10 permits per person, and it's only for the national forest, so you have to be sure you're obtaining trees from the forest and not on private land. Also, you have to be over 21, and a US citizen...of course that doesn't seem to matter much these days...
@ Jeff:the permits are "Forest Products Removal Permits" and you can get them at the US Dept. of Agriculture - Forest Service. Basically, any national forest office will sell them for the national forest they support.
You can walk in and buy them. Some regulations exist...personal use only for anything up to 6' tall, 10 permits per person, and it's only for the national forest, so you have to be sure you're obtaining trees from the forest and not on private land. Also, you have to be over 21, and a US citizen...of course that doesn't seem to matter much these days...
HotAction
Chumono
Nice Dig! Can't wait for the Training Ponderosa Pine slide show!!
Dave
Dave
Brian what kind of costs are involved?
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Actually, that's the cheap part. The permits are $5.00 each.
Brian Van Fleet
Pretty Fly for a Bonsai Guy
Yeah, you kind of feel like you're getting away with something hauling out a several hundred year-old juniper for $5.00.
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october
Masterpiece
Oh my God..............5 bucks............. If that thing was in a nursery as pre stock it would be like $700 plus......... I see yamadori half that size and with probably not as much potential for upwards around $300 in the nurseries...
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