2023 Summer Status
Build a 40% shade structure for this summer. Will add drip lines on a timer for when we travel from home.
Heading into June with too many trees. After year one or two, I plan to be selective from the pack and pare down to those with more promise. I may donate or sell lesser trees.
Unless I have success from seeds or cuttings, may abandon future attempts.
Air layering is difficult and I may have been lucky with one maple. Try more next spring.
Larch and dogwood may give up on me.
Not as fond of Gingko as I first was. While very Japanese and can develop ramification—but popular as upright broom style and not much movement in the trunk. May keep one grouping and give the rest away.
I will plant the Podocarpus in the neighborhood outside of my garden—and let Buddha breath more life in the tree than what I had tried.
At the end of the summer, I would hope that my trunk chopped boxwoods will have sprouted new branches that I may start to carve and taper towards—or next summer.
I am not attracted to my Mugo pines and Sawara Spruce—and possibly removing most options (branches) will force me to appreciate a minimalist approach for a long-term development.
Air layered Japanese Maple—will hope to survive potting and develop refined branch work that will allow tapering over time. Can give away or sell the ones with lass potential.
I should stop buying trees and no more seedling or seeds.
Cork Bark Chinese Elm seeds germinated and sprouted! May start the next round of seeds, cold stratification for 30 days.
