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Went to the US of A last June. As I expected, met nice people there, though when you are a tourist you don(t have much time to meet "real people". I was with my girl-friend and a friend of hers, the latter a former police officer, sort of tight-up lady tat can't stand salt in pasta -can you...

Hi folks in the US, This is a message from the rest of the world ...;) We're living an exceptional moment in history, whether good or bad, depending on what size you're on. Here in (old) Europe, we've been dumfounded by the aggressiveness of your new president. We've been accustomed to his...

I think I already posted about this little Forsythia. This is what it looked like in its modest show a couple of days ago:

The blackbirds are at home here, but there's always a robin too, especially when you dig a a patch, it almost climbs on the fork to see if it can catch a worm ! I try to keep the magpies at bay, I like their look but they're predators. A couple of collared doves (are they the same each year?)...

Maple bonsai to be. An air-layer September 2020 to November 2023 :

A very hot and dry summer here in the Loire valley. A few potted maples that survived. Different colours : when they were repotted, amount of soil mix, sun exposure, etc. : The one I prefer :

Hi again, From a cutting made in the late 90s. 'Orange dream', an air-layer : Acer palmatum, another air-layer :

But sometimes I can shoot a photo I like. Makes me feel like Douanier Rousseau by the dumping ground. You can't deny what runs in your blood 😁

I called it "nonid" because it was from a bunch of seeds, and anyway, if it was from a cultivar, you can't name it as such, you know why. I don't call my seedlings "non-identified" any longer : they identify themselves as who they are. Some have long internodes, some have short internodes, boo...

Sometimes, the seeds you saw don't yield the short-internode, small-leaved maple with a stunning original colour you were looking for. This one had very long internodes. But it's my child, and I will carry on (2017-today):

Hi again mates, long time no see... 😁 Among the 20 or so Picea pungens "Glauca" that I sowed, this is the only one I've got left. Some of them died, others were not "glauca", I gave some, and sold (the best) one to a friend. I had this "number 5" that had lost most of it lower branches. It's...

Not all of them are "evil", don't you think so ? Not all russians love putin, not all us citizens love trump, whose pal Kim sends rockets all ovr the pacific - thanks, darn old trump ! we feel so safe thanks to your media highness !!! I support the us citizens that fight against trumpery, In...

This was an "emotional buy" a few years ago. There must be another term for "emotional buy", but I'm getting old and haven't practised my English for a couple of years now, but anyway, you probably know what I mean. I never found a link on this supposed cultivar of cryptomeria, but it looks...

Pinus sylvestris. I think I'll sell it next spring, for several personal reasons. It's about 2 feet tall (60-70 cm) from the soil. I can't ship it overseas, but how much do you think it's worth, what would a "decent" price be (both for me and the one who could buy it) ?

PS : it's a real cedar, either a Cedrus atlantica, C. libani, or C. deodara, or a hybrid if that can be : a seedling gathered where the three trees are closely grown in a garden. Any idea to "make it a bonsai" ? Left ? Right ? How much to remove ? Is "minimalisticz" an option? Et caetera.

To my friends, cousins, and others, including the Russians, I wish you Peace...

I just saw a documentary on "Arte" about the history of homosexuality. Among the documents that were shown, there was this song, by a "crooner". I remember my Mum singing it, humming it when making a cake. I vaguely remember the song, but I never tought it was about love between people of the...

https://abcnews.go.com/US/author-salman-rushdie-attacked-speaking-event-york-state/story?id=88296873 .. and Yusf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens is still making money, though he supported the fatwa against him, that is to say, plainly, that Salman Rushdie must be killed, allahu akbar. All...

New variants of the covid are emerging here and there. There's a campaign here to make people aware of the danger of an uprise of the pandemic : I really liked the music, it made me think of Henri Salvador and Serge Gainsbourg, or a modern interpratation of a standard by Pink Martini. I...

I have a sentimental attachment to Rhodohypoxis : the ones I had were sent to me by the late Arihato. I kept them for a couple of years, multiplied them, gave some to friends, but last year, bad winter protection, they didn't show up. So this year, I ordered some online, red ones, pink ones...

Well, not a "forest", really... :rolleyes: But 3 or 4 years ago I sowed Acer buregerianum, put some in pots, but I was left with many that I didn't know what to do with so I just put them in a spare pot. A couple of days ago, I decided to take those that didn't die and put them in a new...

Acer palmatum 13 : I must have posted about it before, but I can't find the thread so : Air-layer.

3 Malus 'Van Eseltine' that I put in small pots, and a dozen or so maple seedlings, probably the plain species, that I put in a pot as a "forest". Or agrove; Or several trees in a shallow pot, whatever :

I put a plant in the gound, but it developped a big root on one side. So I put it back in a pot, then air-layered it. I repotted it tonight :