You showed me yours, I'll show you mine!

Potted up. This ones the best

The back

The smaller one

And a small piece cut from the better one, showing detail of the deadwood.

Wow, you are so lucky!! I cant wait to find a sweet spot like you have.

will baddeley wrote:

this material is brilliant - its a pity we no longer see real hedges like this any more - bloody dutch elm desease.
did you notice the trees when it was autumn or in the inter will?

Hi Curtis. Keep looking! If nature can't provide, maybe farm machinery can? I've fallen for the big one I collected. Could make an unusual cascade but it depends on the roots.

Steve. Noticed and dug them up yesterday. Dutch Elm disease does'nt seem to effect hedges. Its only when the hedge is left to grow and they attain 15 ft or more that the disease strikes. A few shots of the deadwood.

Why can't I stop? I want to go and find some more of these but I have no room. I've had no room for years but every year I get more and more. I've thought to myself " be ruthless Will, sell some!!" I put them to the side and then put them back...... Am I O.C.D or what?

will baddeley wrote:Why can't I stop? I want to go and find some more of these but I have no room. I've had no room for years but every year I get more and more. I've thought to myself " be ruthless Will, sell some!!" I put them to the side and then put them back...... Am I O.C.D or what?

you definately need to sell some Will (hint) hahseriously i know a few bonsai people who have a similar affliction
to my mind what you need to think is - if i enjoy it and i you are progressing the trees and they are not being neglected then why stop!

Its just, after 12 years, my love of all things bonsai has got stronger and stronger. Not only do I look like Gollum, I am also behaving like him.....My preciousssssss.

Ha ha! Will, You and I have a similar "problem" You are not OCD. Work hard on staying in denial, its a happier place.

Now, I am not only looking for my bovine friends munching on little trees, but I am looking for the farmer mowing his ditches! New territory must be found ASAP! Precioussssss is calling!

Great raft! I am on the look out now. My spade is in the trunk of my car.

I need to send you pictures of some of the hackberry growing in fence rows here........they lie within the magic collecting zone 25 ft from the road and as such are fair game. Often they are growing around the wire though. This means the fence must be cut.....now something farmers are happy to allow.

Keep going, as long as your happy, sell or dont sell, doesnt matter.
Neil