I have been studying bonsai since 1994, in an ever-increasing obsessive fashion. In our last 5 years prior to moving from Iowa to Alabama pursuing a career in the foodservice industry, my bonsai collection was limited to a few varieties that could survive brutal winters outside, or winters under dim light in the dank basement of our humble duplex...my wife puts up with a lot. Including the trailer hitch I put on our brown 1983 Chrysler New Yorker to pull a U-Haul full of trees to Nashville for a 3-month stop along the career path that led us to Alabama. 12 years later, we no longer have the New Yorker; and not a single one of those trees remain on my bench, having given the last holdout to a new club member this summer. I prefer collecting native trees and buying the classical species used in Japan, feeding organic, and reading everything I can get my hands on.
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Nebari Bonsai 
Like I was there myself. Thanks.
Don’t you have some junipers to mist?
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Looks like you had a very worthwhile collecting trip! Hopefully we all have the chance to see some of these trees style in the future.
Great haul!
Can’t wait to see them a season or two from now!
Fantastic Brian! I hope they all pull thru for you! Are you still sore? LOL
I think you might need some more space on your blog Brian! 650 miles to dig trees – is this a record Yamadori road trip?
Think it was around 3500 miles round-trip.