Drifter 851 Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 This winter has been really good for my business, been building tons of rods and staying busy 10-12hrs per day 7 days a week. Problem with that is you get so busy with work stuff you just have to take a day and do nothing but something that relaxes you. So I finally had to take a day off yesterday and used some relaxing time making a new Bonsai forest. Took about 15 hrs of planting pruning and wiring but I'm happy with the result. Will make a nice addition to the backyard Bonsai garden.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BO7H B4RRELS 2,451 Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Mr. Miyagi would be proud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifter 851 Posted April 16, 2015 Author Share Posted April 16, 2015 Put three new Monkey poles in today so now have 8 poles total lining the yard. I'll post a whole yard pic once I get it set back up for the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander_Undies 618 Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plumbers Crack 4,055 Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Nice work Steve! Thanks to Capn_Underpants for the artwork Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Pedro 0 Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 looks awesome!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifter 851 Posted April 18, 2015 Author Share Posted April 18, 2015 Bought a new gazebo, got the pond started back up and also put in some more monkey poles for the bonsai trees today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifter 851 Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 Worked on one of my favorite bonsai trees today. I started training this boxwood 2 years ago from a Sam's Club nursery stock bush. It was a plain old round green shrub when I bought it. Just finished giving it it's second pruning and wiring and moving it to it's smaller 2nd training pot. It's going in a very nice direction now. Few more years and it will really start to look good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BO7H B4RRELS 2,451 Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 That looks really nice, Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifter 851 Posted April 26, 2015 Author Share Posted April 26, 2015 Thanks Tommy.This is one of my Ficus bonsai that I was working on early this morning. Last year I started air layering it, which is basically removing bark in the middle of the tree trunk then applying rooting hormone and wrapping with clear plastic wrap. The purpose of that is so it will grow ne roots in the middle of the trunk so you can cut the tree in half. The reason for cutting it in half is because this one had the dreaded store bought bonsai "S-curve" which stores think make them a bonsai but most bonsai enthusiasts do not want an S-curve.So after a year now it finally had enough new roots to sustain itself after being cut. Going to take a good 5 years to start looking good but it will get there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JsinOwl 644 Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 I am in awe of your enthusiasm and drive. I'd look at a project like that and thing, wow, that's really cool. It's going to take how long? I'm gonna go play Uncharted. If you decide to put your dick in crazy, be ready to change your phone number and relocate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BO7H B4RRELS 2,451 Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 I am in awe of your enthusiasm and drive. I'd look at a project like that and thing, wow, that's really cool. It's going to take how long? I'm gonna go play Uncharted. Yup... a lot of things interest me, but I don't have enough motivation to see them through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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