Hello All,
4 years since I started this hobby.. I love that some things are still absolutely CLEAR AS MUD, but that somethings are genuinely clearer (and when I say love, I mean hate).
My collection has now really grown, and I have built a great looking (if I say so myself) bench, to house the vast majority:
DSC_0854 by Conor Dashwood, on Flickr
DSC_0891 by Conor Dashwood, on Flickr
[More info and thread: https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/bonsai-bench.40495/]
I think I am up to about 22 odd trees at this point, containing 4 different cultivars of Acer Palmatum (which translates to 4 different kinds of stress).
I now have a back breaking raw material large hornbeam, that I have now purchased its own skateboard cos I don't want to keep lifting it... Now pruned yet, I will do soon but may do an airlayer from it too.
DSC_1263 by Conor Dashwood, on Flickr
[https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/european-hornbeam-3.41809/]
Have just done a load of repotting in preparation for the coming spring, in the hopes it also kicks my original Acer Palmatum in to gear a bit. Its still an ugly mess but its on the right track... I think!
At the moment I have to admit I am in love this with this Maple, Beni-Maiko:
DSC_1092 by Conor Dashwood, on Flickr
DSC_1293 by Conor Dashwood, on Flickr
[https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/acer-plamatum-3.40074/]
A common pear that I am looking forward to developing too, I have been too sheepish about doing more work on it but some work has been done, I will keep on it. I believe a few branches are too long and need cutting back..
DSC_1036 by Conor Dashwood, on Flickr
[https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/common-pear.38900/]
This fat little guy has come on leaps and bounds! I love how fast it grows but just for such a short period.. its been slowly growing over winter too, but due to lack of light the leaves are very pale. I am expecting around june it will wake up and through out June and July it will go mad, as usual. Then back to sleep again...
DSC_1210 by Conor Dashwood, on Flickr
[https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/olive-stump.26766/]
Now on my way to update many threads with progress of my trees, and repotting pics etc..
Also, I believe I woke up at 1am recently, due to the strong winds and somewhat ran to the bathroom to look out the window at my bench in the fears something had happened to my trees.. realised it was pitch black and nothing could be seen and went back to sleep. Or it may have been a dream... No, I think it was real.
I have a question for anyone that has read this far.. At the 4 year mark for your own Bonsai career, what do you think your biggest FLAW was?
Thank you for reading, your continued patience with not just my own young questions, career impatience and repeated mistakes, but all those who post on this forum and finally, thank you everyone for posting god content and teaching many people around the world, more about this complicated, enjoyable, frustrating, stressful, life long and ambitious hobby.
Conor
4 years since I started this hobby.. I love that some things are still absolutely CLEAR AS MUD, but that somethings are genuinely clearer (and when I say love, I mean hate).
My collection has now really grown, and I have built a great looking (if I say so myself) bench, to house the vast majority:
DSC_0854 by Conor Dashwood, on Flickr
DSC_0891 by Conor Dashwood, on Flickr[More info and thread: https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/bonsai-bench.40495/]
I think I am up to about 22 odd trees at this point, containing 4 different cultivars of Acer Palmatum (which translates to 4 different kinds of stress).
I now have a back breaking raw material large hornbeam, that I have now purchased its own skateboard cos I don't want to keep lifting it... Now pruned yet, I will do soon but may do an airlayer from it too.
DSC_1263 by Conor Dashwood, on Flickr[https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/european-hornbeam-3.41809/]
Have just done a load of repotting in preparation for the coming spring, in the hopes it also kicks my original Acer Palmatum in to gear a bit. Its still an ugly mess but its on the right track... I think!
At the moment I have to admit I am in love this with this Maple, Beni-Maiko:
DSC_1092 by Conor Dashwood, on Flickr
DSC_1293 by Conor Dashwood, on Flickr[https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/acer-plamatum-3.40074/]
A common pear that I am looking forward to developing too, I have been too sheepish about doing more work on it but some work has been done, I will keep on it. I believe a few branches are too long and need cutting back..
DSC_1036 by Conor Dashwood, on Flickr[https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/common-pear.38900/]
This fat little guy has come on leaps and bounds! I love how fast it grows but just for such a short period.. its been slowly growing over winter too, but due to lack of light the leaves are very pale. I am expecting around june it will wake up and through out June and July it will go mad, as usual. Then back to sleep again...
DSC_1210 by Conor Dashwood, on Flickr[https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/olive-stump.26766/]
Now on my way to update many threads with progress of my trees, and repotting pics etc..
Also, I believe I woke up at 1am recently, due to the strong winds and somewhat ran to the bathroom to look out the window at my bench in the fears something had happened to my trees.. realised it was pitch black and nothing could be seen and went back to sleep. Or it may have been a dream... No, I think it was real.
I have a question for anyone that has read this far.. At the 4 year mark for your own Bonsai career, what do you think your biggest FLAW was?
Thank you for reading, your continued patience with not just my own young questions, career impatience and repeated mistakes, but all those who post on this forum and finally, thank you everyone for posting god content and teaching many people around the world, more about this complicated, enjoyable, frustrating, stressful, life long and ambitious hobby.
Conor
, as does the thread on the forum.
