Juniper Targets identified and approved

[Josh]

Thanks Ken, I have my eye on a couple of trees this week, can't get the car into them so a bit more digging might be needed I will be taking a crow bar though. If I get to them I will post pics later on.

Josh

[kcpoole]

Thanks Ken, I have my eye on a couple of trees this week, can't get the car into them so a bit more digging might be needed I will be taking a crow bar though. If I get to them I will post pics later on.

Josh

see this photo download/file.php?id=59784&t=1 , you can see the trench around it, then Boris with a shovel to undercut it. if shovel will not do the job, then a saw or Mattock to cut them as you find them.

Ken

[kcpoole]

I prepared another Watering system line in a corner of my garden and placed all these trees under it. Some get full sun, others are sheltered under Eucalypt trees. All will get watered and misted 2 times a day via a new solenoid
(Cost only $70 for a solenoid and poly pipe / spray supplies to do this so cheap as.)

While moving all the trees I took some pics of them all too.

Ken

[Josh]

Wow, some really nice trees there Ken. Got a bit of work a head you there but will be worth it.

Josh

[kcpoole]

Thanks Josh

Also while cleaning up yeaterday, I went to my other dis spot and fond these 2 little flowering plans, They are Native and are only a small little shrub less than 1M but if you know what they are I will be most thankful.

Ken

[MattA]

The first is a species of Pultenaea, the second at a wild guess maybe Leptospermum...

[kcpoole]

The first is a species of Pultenaea, the second at a wild guess maybe Leptospermum...

cool thanks Matt.
http://www.floraphoto.com.au/pea_flowers.htm
possibly Pultenaea procumbens. The foliage is very similar

Ken

[Neli]

Hi Ken!
How are the junipers doing? Are they OK?

[kcpoole]

Hi Ken!
How are the junipers doing? Are they OK?

the ones that Recovered are doing wonderfully actually, and New growth on them all.
2 did not survive the original collection and another one (No7) did not like the splitting and bending of it and has passed, but all the others are great.
I have 1 in the shohin comp here and another in an online comp elsewhere. The remaining ones I will leave till next year before doing anything with tho.

[bodhidharma]

Good on ya Ken, i like success story's

[kcpoole]

I worked on one of these last week and again tonight. the design has not been set in stone yet. but you get a good idea:-)
This has been entered in a another competition, but post here for your enjoyment and to show the progress.
It is one is one of 2 trees form this collection currently being worked on. The other one is in the shohin comp here viewtopic.php?f=148&t=14753&p=152353

Ken

[Neli]

Thanks ken! looking good. I think I shall be its God mother and name it Scorpio. It looks a bit like scorpion???? to me.
I think we both have entries in that other competition. I have no hopes but it will be fun.

[kcpoole]

Thanks ken! looking good. I think I shall be its God mother and name it Scorpio. It looks a bit like scorpion???? to me.
I think we both have entries in that other competition. I have no hopes but it will be fun.

Thanks Neli and from now on it will be called Scorpion
yes you are correct and yes I firmly believe that competitions ar good fun and wil only further our knowledge and skills, regardless of the outcome

Ken

[Neli]

Now you have to hold an umbrella for me when I am walking on the sun!!!! He he he! In my tradition, if I am the God mother of your child, You have to do that!
Have you seen now what You have got yourself into????
I still have a lot to learn, and competitions are a good motivation...also, it gives me an excuse (the shohin comp) to chop things that should have been grown for trunk thickness...

[kcpoole]

Now you have to hold an umbrella for me when I am walking on the sun!!!! He he he! In my tradition, if I am the God mother of your child, You have to do that!
Have you seen now what You have got yourself into????
I still have a lot to learn, and competitions are a good motivation...also, it gives me an excuse (the shohin comp) to chop things that should have been grown for trunk thickness...

Going to have to be a Very big umbrella from here
Ken