arborvitae

A select few bonsai artists have historically made huge advancements in botany, forestry, and urban ecology. I'd love to meet any interesting people like that, so let's focus our energy there. I live in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. If you are new to ecology, you may not have heard of the Exxon oil...

Went on a quick trip to my local nursery and found this tree in the 50% off section, with lots of dead branches, but a very thick older trunk. As you can see in the picture below it has a lot of fresh new green growth at the tips, which was very encouraging. As I began cleaning up dead...