WNC Bonsai
Omono
I have been so impressed with the rock plantings that @Walter Pall has been showing us that I really wanted ot give it a try. So I have been keeping my eyes peeled for any rocks along the side of the road that may have tumbled down. A couple weeks ago I went fishing in an undisclosed location and stumbled across a rock slide that deposited some rocks in the ditch so I pulled over and loaded a few into my truck. I am not sure about the actual rock type. It tends to flake off like a sedimentary but I think it is metamorphic that just has some prominent fracture lines. At any rate these guys were petty thick and heavy so I went at them with a steel chisel and 5 lb hammer. I managed to take quite a bit off the bottom of the first one and got it so it will almost sit flat without a stone under it. The really nice thing about it is the natural depession in it to take the roots and some soil. I still need to order a diamond bit to drill a few holes for tie down wires.
Here are a couple photos with a 1 gal pot in the background for reference.
The second one is a bit larger and I have already knocked about half of it off. My back still hurts fom lifting it into the truck. It doesn’t have a nice depression like the first one but I have been chhipping away at the surface to create one.
I think that I’ll eventually get both of them chipped down to where I can actually lift them onto a display stand with a tree and some soil. If not I figure I can rent a couple yard boys for an hour or two and get them to do the heavy work.
Here are a couple photos with a 1 gal pot in the background for reference.
The second one is a bit larger and I have already knocked about half of it off. My back still hurts fom lifting it into the truck. It doesn’t have a nice depression like the first one but I have been chhipping away at the surface to create one.
I think that I’ll eventually get both of them chipped down to where I can actually lift them onto a display stand with a tree and some soil. If not I figure I can rent a couple yard boys for an hour or two and get them to do the heavy work.