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I started the three little pigs from nursery trees in 2003. So far all has been pretty good. Early in the year I decided to take some time during the winter to fix the shohin portion of my benches. I replaced some rotton shelving and all was good. I placed the trees on the shelf to see how they would look. Great.
The next day I decided to use a jig saw to round the corners of the shelves. I took the trees off and placed them on the ground. I had one shelf that only had a couple trees on it and it was three shelves over from where I was cutting. Don't get a head of me here...I know what your thinkin...I took the trees off the shelf and put them on the ground.
Nope your all wrong.. I pulled the trigger and commenced cutting and vibrating that bench like Kim's backside to the song Wipe Out. Bammo! A pot hit the ground. It was one of the three little pigs. No 2, you know the one that used twigs to build his house. Well I broke out the whole top of twigs when I picked it up. A big giant bald spot right smack dab in the middle of the tree.
This was the first time into a pot in 2009. Working on the apex.
This was the tree in 2013. a better top in the canopy but still a ways to go. It was just starting to get twiggy.
When the tree budded out this spring I just let it grow. It grew and grew. It was pretty bushy and I decided that it was time to see what was in there before it got so coarse it would be hard to retrieve. I did a partial defoliation so that I could see some twigs and was able to wire a couple branches up to help fill in the bald spot as well as make some wires to pull some of the lower branches down at a steeper angle to thicken the canopy. The tree has taken on sort of a creepy look now and I can live with that.
I used a dremel tool to clean up the large shari/uro and add some texture. Will continue to work this area thru the years. Sorry I don't have a picture of the damaged tree...but I was a little miffed and did not get the camera for fear I might throw it...
The next day I decided to use a jig saw to round the corners of the shelves. I took the trees off and placed them on the ground. I had one shelf that only had a couple trees on it and it was three shelves over from where I was cutting. Don't get a head of me here...I know what your thinkin...I took the trees off the shelf and put them on the ground.
Nope your all wrong.. I pulled the trigger and commenced cutting and vibrating that bench like Kim's backside to the song Wipe Out. Bammo! A pot hit the ground. It was one of the three little pigs. No 2, you know the one that used twigs to build his house. Well I broke out the whole top of twigs when I picked it up. A big giant bald spot right smack dab in the middle of the tree.
This was the first time into a pot in 2009. Working on the apex.
This was the tree in 2013. a better top in the canopy but still a ways to go. It was just starting to get twiggy.
When the tree budded out this spring I just let it grow. It grew and grew. It was pretty bushy and I decided that it was time to see what was in there before it got so coarse it would be hard to retrieve. I did a partial defoliation so that I could see some twigs and was able to wire a couple branches up to help fill in the bald spot as well as make some wires to pull some of the lower branches down at a steeper angle to thicken the canopy. The tree has taken on sort of a creepy look now and I can live with that.
I used a dremel tool to clean up the large shari/uro and add some texture. Will continue to work this area thru the years. Sorry I don't have a picture of the damaged tree...but I was a little miffed and did not get the camera for fear I might throw it...
