I collected this hornbeam yesterday and thanx to nice rootball I planted it right on marble plate where it is gonna be trained.
Now I need to go looking for some interesting stones to finish the landscape.

Looks like me and my shovel need to come and visit you. You have some nice material around!

Hey I could take you for a walk there are tons of small hornbeams around if you know where to look
But as you could guess - for one with interesting features you have to bow down and inspect 100 of them first.
I took many walks looking for material throughout winter and seen lots of them, but finished with only 3 trees
worth collecting this spring. This is 2nd of them. I am still waiting for this one to show signs of life before I collect it:




That would be it for this season (of deciduous trees).

Krištof wrote: Hey I could take you for a walk there are tons of small hornbeams around if you know where to look
But as you could guess - for one with interesting features you have to bow down and inspect 100 of them first.

That shouldn't be a problem. We're all used to that, right? I'll join !

BTW, nice tree

and you had permission to dig it out?

No. I wrote details about my yamadori trees on my blog so I copy it here for you:

I didn´t need a permit for this one. There is a great orchard to be cleared anytime now that is over my village since communist times that nobody´s been taking care of for over 25 years.
Thats why there are some small hornbeams that haven´t had a chance to grow tall because of overgrown weeds and apple trees.
2 guys has been preparing trees for future bonsai in there for a few years and then suddenly large portion was cleared off without any notice to anybody and it broke their hearts. They lost some great material I was told. Áll the trees were pulled out by tractors and burned.

And recent one where I had to save an oak last minute:
Link with the pics:

www.mimospenjingheaven.blogspot.sk/2016/...aring-continues.html

nice background story.. too bad for the trees that were burned..
would be nice to have a field like that here somewhere..

Kristof, it seems as you have already built a magnificent Yamadori Hunter Party (YHP)...

leatherback wrote: Looks like me and my shovel need to come and visit you.

Auk wrote: That shouldn't be a problem. We're all used to that, right? I'll join !

Hell... May I join such YHP too? :whistle:

Oh, and yes... Great material you have around you alright.

Alain

Nice material! Will be good to see future progressions.

alainleon1983 wrote: Kristof, it seems as you have already built a magnificent Yamadori Hunter Party (YHP)...

leatherback wrote: Looks like me and my shovel need to come and visit you.

Auk wrote: That shouldn't be a problem. We're all used to that, right? I'll join !

Hell... May I join such YHP too? :whistle:

Oh, and yes... Great material you have around you alright.

Alain

All right lads come over but it has to be till the end of this week cause the buds are starting to open any day now
I am going to collect my last deciduous tree this spring on thursday or friday.