Olive in honour of Wyatt

[Andrew Legg]

Hey Wyatt,

You know that feeling when you find something that just makes your day out there in the bush. It's a tree that just speaks to you. Not something that comes along every day, and you say to the guys you are with - "I just have to have this tree!". Then they look at you like this: or like this or like this or even like this , but then every now and then you get three good guys who when bribed with a case of beer each look at you like this so you go like this and then the four of you get to work for three hours, after which two of them fetch a truck and drive it places it ain't been driven before. This is the result . . . . . .

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Chainsaws are coming out tomorrow to cut the base and then I'll get some new photos up here then.

Some more that came out were:

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Cheers,

Andrew

[anttal63]

You da man Andy !!! Beautiful movement and barks. Now ya talkn trunk ratio that = a real mans tree = power houses !!! Look forward to more.

[bodhidharma]

[Andrew F]

Thats a beauty of a trunk.How old do you think the tree is???


I can see O.C digging something bigger now.... .....let the oneupmanship begin.

[kcpoole]

I can see O.C digging something bigger now.... .....let the oneupmanship begin.

Nice tree Andy Awesome but I hope you never have to move it once potted up

Ken

[Olivecrazy]

Now that's some sweet eye candy you got there that olive is huge i like it must weight heaps to i bet cant wait to see how you train it

Thats a beauty of a trunk.How old do you think the tree is???


I can see O.C digging something bigger now.... .....let the oneupmanship begin.

i do no of a few hahahahaha

[Andrew Legg]

Now that's some sweet eye candy you got there that olive is huge i like it must weight heaps to i bet cant wait to see how you train it

i do no of a few hahahahaha

I think it may just train me!!!

[Andrew F]

O.C's great ancestors Spruce bonsai:



His next yamadori dig:



Tip pruning:



Dremel bit:



You get the idea :

[Andrew Legg]

O.C's great ancestors Spruce bonsai:

You get the idea :

That Dremel bit - you sure it is not a die grinder bit? Looks more like a die grinder bit to me. I think you have it wrong Velvet.

[Andrew Legg]

Spent 4 hours and three chainsaw chains, and we did all the olives from the dig. Some fantastic material!

Mine is now flat cut (flat is debatable) and ready to be potted up in a nice large plastic bucket which I'll have to buy tomorrow. Here's a photo of what I feel may be the final planting angle. This is how the tree was growing in the wild, and it is the vision I saw that grabbed me. I'll be able to get a few more photos once I get it home (it's still at a mate's house), but for now this is it. I think the bottom two branches work so well reaching out and round, and the upper of the two is behind the lower giving fantastic depth. I'd love to hear your comments about the angle and how you guys and gals might use the branches.

Cheers,

Andrew

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[Andrew F]

Do you have a rough estimate as to how old the tree is???

Be interesting to see where you go with it.

[Brett Simon]

That olive is sitting in my driveway... We did laugh very hard when he said that was the tree he wanted... Still waiting for the case of beers..!!!!

[stick]

lol them big sciccors but the man is crazy good

[Justin Hervey]

That was an epic day.

Getting home with our trees brought yet wider eyes and deep sighs of semi-resignation from our respective wives...
As they say "Behind every successful man is a woman rolling her eyes."

Mine trees are all having along soak before the pot-up this weekend, after which I will post a couple of image updates.

[Andrew F]

Look forward to pics.

Looks like we have a small chapter of South african Bonsai artists Welkom!!!