zone 2

Greetings, First time posting here, excuse my format. I am new-ish to Bonsai, did quite a bit of research on YouTube and Bonsai-U and Mirai Live among other websites. I live in Saskatchewan Canada, where the hardiness zone is around 2 USDA. The temperature plummets in November through March...

I collected a bunch of little alders last year. It was my first year so I dug a lot of little insignificant stuff to see how they responded. I also did some basic wiring practice on them to get comfortable and figure out how much movement I could get with alder before it was too much. Just a...

Most likely wasting my time here on a highly invasive species that doesn't make good bonsai but I need some trees I don't care about to hack away at to pass the time. This thing was a mess when I found it. A birch had fallen on it and it was engulfed in vetch just the tips of the branches were...

I haven't shared many of my trees here yet and figured I should document a beginner making mistakes. 5/18/22 Collected about 20 feet from a lake. Nice radial roots with no tap root. Was growing in about 6 inches of organic debris on top of a layer of sand. Quick easy dig. 6/5/22. Seems to...

So, I've been lurking the forum for a while now and figured I should finally make a post so, here goes something. I had no idea growing trees in pots would become so addictive. This spring I started plucking little trees out of parking lots and off the side of the road. I quickly moved on to...