As promised some of my customers from last month

       I think I got every bodies name right, if not please accept my apologies   

       This is Daniel he bought a bougi & a boxwood

         Tony & Tammy they bought two Fukien Teas& a pot

  
            This is Christopher & wife /girl friend? I forgot but
    she picked out the pomegranate.

        This is Susie & Butch & they picked out a Juniper.

      This is Rene Solis I was helping her clean out some
  shrubbery from her church. That's to big for Bonsai.

      That's all for now, I'll post again in a few more days.


            WAX ON ....................WAX OFF

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Sorry I haven't posted any thing for last month

          I have been extremely busy not only with Bonsai but other issues involving my banking /my computer/  other matters with my Bonsai business & so on /& so on ....you get the idea !!!
         Any way I promise I will post pictures of some of my customers from last month , in the next couple
of days on my next post.
         As you well know March & April were up & down weather wise I was not able to get my tropicals
out of the greenhouse because of the threat of late freezes!!! So I am still trying to catch up on getting
completely set up. You know I've got my shade cloth up/ set my benches up / trying to clean up weeds/
keep up with fertilization & spraying for bugs/ trimming & styling trees / making cuttings/ re-potting  it never
ends!!!


 

                             This is a crepe myrtle with a large mass of roots
                              I had to shave off the bottom of the rot ball

                                                   After I re-potted & wired it

                                           This is while it was in the greenhouse

                                         This was a couple of days ago

                                          This is after trimming

                             
                                        Brazilian rain tree with long branches

                                        Partially trimmed 

                         
                                        After trimming , most of the branches
                                        were used for making cuttings

                              
                                         Winged cedar elm in a plastic tray

                           same cedar elm in bonsai pot,  needs trimming 

                                         As you can see I've got my work cut
                                         out for me I'll be busy for quite awhile


      That's all for now check back in 3 to 4 days & I'll post again

                          WAX ON ......................WAX OFF


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Well we are still on this up & down weather ride

    I've managed to go out & do some collecting from local
creek beds & also do some work on trees that were
collected in yrs. past. On top of that I've had to take care
of customers from near & far.

 This is Brandon & Ashley & their son. Ashley I'm
sorry I didn't see that branch when I took the
picture. They were visiting some one in Irving
but they were moving to Chicago,I hope
every thing went well. Good luck!!!

     This is Blake & Michelle, Blake works at Baylor Hospital
He wants to learn about Bonsai so I'm going to help him.

      This is a crepe myrtle that I collected 3 or 4 yrs ago.
I potted it in a large Styrofoam box & now I want to
put it in a training pot. 

         It had a massive root structure but I had to level
out the bottom of the trunk so it will fit into a shallow
pot in the future. I put a heavy coating of lac balsam
on the bottom & I'll put another coating on when its
time to repot again.

     This is a tool I bought recently from arbotech it
really cuts the time it takes to make a cut. I shaved
the trunk down in about 3 minutes.

            The crepe myrtle in it's new training pot
it will remain in this pot for 1 to 2 yrs. then it
will go into a shallow bonsai pot.

       This is a winged cedar elm I collected about 3 yrs.
ago.I used the same tool to shave off the top of the
trunk.

        This will be the front of the tree with it's
new apex. In the future we will develop
more branches.

       I finally managed to transplant the clump of
trident maples (that I got at the Dallas auction)
now they will grow a lot faster & fuse to make
a large trunk.  

                  This is Gabe standing in typical terrain
where we hunt trees along the banks of creek
beds.

          Gabe has located an oak on the side of a
cliff notice the creek below one false move &
he's going to get wet, I think that's why he's
holding on to the trunk.

        Back home we pot the oak in a large
container.

         Since we didn't get many roots we decided
to cut back to the trunk & see if it will put out
any new buds, we'll have to wait & see.


        That's all for now

                                           WAX ON.............................WAX OFF 


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Saturday dig on creek bed

   Well we had good weather Saturday a little cool in the a.m.
but it warmed up into the seventies. We had a few cancellations
but about 8 or 9 people showed up for the dig. 
    Lois Flood was the only female who attended, unfortunately
I didn't get a picture of her but she was game and entered the creek.

   Looking for the right tree to dig up

     Every body took off in different directions

    Still looking for the right tree

                       I found one

     People helping one another to get their
tree

      One by one they're coming in with their trees

 Every body's happy with their trees & taking a rest

   Afterward some of the people came to my place
and potted up their trees

    This is one of the trees I dug up & potted it
in a box.



  All in all it was a pretty good day for a dig now
I'm tired but it was worth it, I hope everyone
went home happy!!!!


      
 That's all for now
    

      WAX ON .....................WAX OFF





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Finally some decent weather

  We actually get a week or more of some decent weather before our next cold front
and it'll in the 50's, at least it won't be freezing.
   I found some new places to go on a dig and one of them will be held on this next
Saturday on the 22nd. Both the Dallas & Ft Worth clubs are invited. It's on a creek
bed with lots of trees--happy hunting!!

   Most newbies on digs don't know the right way to dig up a tree so here's a lesson
on how to dig a tree:

     First you dig a trench around the tree   

      Then you dig an other trench on one side

       this is trench is dug deeper than the first trench
which allows you to access the tap root

  then you can use a saw to start cutting the tap root

  you may need to tilt the tree to one side or
 the other to make sure you get all the roots

    then you can lift it out trim the roots & pot it up in
   some bonsai soil with some root stimulator &
    fertilizer & your done




 Here's Jacob & me on a recent outing

      This is where we dug the tree from      
      the bank of the creek

     This is Jeremy & Randy on a different outing

               Digging trees out of rock
               is hard work



              This is all for now I'll post again after Saturday's dig.



          WAX ON..........................WAX OFF


 
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