One should tend to one's own business and never try to analyze others actions, others actions will speak for themselves. I would love to discuss this with you in the bar if you like.
Harry
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To all the trees I've loved before
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One should tend to one's own business and never try to analyze others actions, others actions will speak for themselves. I would love to discuss this with you in the bar if you like.
Harry
Joedes3
Shohin
It is impossible to say how much I enjoy your trees. All I can say is thanks.
Quick question, how long did it take you to gain the knowledge to achieve these beautiful trees? What do recommend is the best approach learn this?
Joe
Quick question, how long did it take you to gain the knowledge to achieve these beautiful trees? What do recommend is the best approach learn this?
Joe
Just Duane
Shohin
Harry, I love the cascade too, but this JBP has movement to die for!
I would love to get my hands on this one.
Experience is the best teacher, that's why I always advise joining a club in your area, the older members are a wealth of info, they will know what will survive in your climate. Hands on experience beats reading ten books. If your club offers workshops, take advantage of them, you will learn a lot. Once you learn how to take care of one species, you should have no trouble taking care of several of them. JBP are not trees for beginners, one of the hardest of all species to maintain. All the advanced bonsai keepers I know have had professional training to keep them at their best. Boon has a couple of videos that are very helpful. I was lucky enough to take some training from the Smith's in Dallas, who were trained by Boon and of course working with Marco was priceless. The absolutely best bonsai learning experience is to watch and learn from a professional, always worth the price.
Harry
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Harry, I love the cascade too, but this JBP has movement to die for!
I would love to get my hands on this one.
I pretty sure Don got this one back.
Harry
I am glad you enjoy the trees. I did while they were mine. Just remember you are just the caretaker for a period of time in a bonsai's life, don't be the last one and pass it on better than you found it.
Harry
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Joedes3
Shohin
I'm trying to share my knowledge (what I do have) with my grandchildren. I hope they will enjoy as much as I do.
tmmason10
Omono
Love the shohin jbps, thanks for sharing again.
berobinson82
Omono
Sir,
Thank you for sharing your memoirs.
Did you keep any trees at all?
Thank you for sharing your memoirs.
Did you keep any trees at all?
I bought this tree from Jim Gremel, it is a collected California juniper grafted with Shimpaku foliage, some folks will tell you it's not a good idea to take these trees out of California, but my thrived here in Oklahoma. They are beautiful trees. Jim sells the best copper wire in America.
Harry
Harry
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Bringing some of them out for there first taste of sunlight in the early spring. The building on the right is my shade house/green house, in the winter I cover it with co-poly and heat it, none of my trees ever froze, that is why they are all dark green instead of a rust color. My shade house in the summer with the co-poly removed. I'm really proud of it, I built it myself with no plans and believe me I'm no carpenter, all screwed together, no nails. The last two pictures show where my trees spent August, protected from the 100 degree hot sun and hot drying winds. I misted them about 4 times a day. If you will look at the Kishu Shimpaku on the far left in the first picture, notice the beautiful blue green color of the foliage, different from that on a Itowigata Shimpaku.
Harry
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Just Duane
Shohin
Love the recent pics you posted Harry. I was just wondering if I may ask...What happens to the koi when it snows?
No problem, koi are four season animals. They just go down on the bottom and shut their systems down and fast for about 3 months. Being all females, it helps them absorb their eggs, because they won't spawn without a male in the pond, that's a good thing.
Harry
Harry
Just Duane
Shohin
Thanks Harry, thats very interesting & I had no idea they do that. A friend of mine keeps koi too. He gets his koi from Kodama farms here on oahu. Koi are way more expensive to upkeep than bonsai....in my opinion.
Just Duane
Shohin
BTW, showed my wife a pic of that pine that I like.....You probably heard her yelling all the way in Oklahoma.....
tmmason10
Omono
You've posted about the shade house before, but I didn't get the design until these recent pics. Really love those conifers in the shade house. Did you work with any deciduous?
