Category Archives: Advanced basics

Chop chop chop, is it technique or butchery? 

Posted on May 12, 2017 by

Uh oh! It doesn’t look good for this ficus.  Like they say, the first cut is the deepest. Snikt!!Don’t worry, I might know what I’m doing…..maybe.  Let’s continue with the insults, it gets worse. Poor tree. It gets worse. You see, … Continue reading →

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The Knife, The Foil, and The Moss

Posted on May 10, 2017 by

I’m gonna cut you sucker! Yes, you!Just because you have a fancy name,  chloroluceun tortum, doesn’t mean you’re safe. Most just think of you as the Brazilian raintree. Let me tell you a story. I recently picked up some trees for my … Continue reading →

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Building a maple or two

Posted on February 3, 2017 by

Whoa?! What?Are you drilling holes in trees again Adam? It looks like one of those parasitic worms trying to stick its tendrils into a tree and the tree is trying to get away.  How about we start at the beginning? … Continue reading →

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I Feel So Soiled

Posted on January 27, 2017 by

Now there’s some pretty soil. With all the partisan political divisiveness of late, I figured that I’d introduce a calm, nuanced, and non-controversial subject into the æther. Try to, you know, relax the dialogues on the interwebs and facebooks a … Continue reading →

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The Scissor and the Wire

Posted on January 12, 2017 by

Here’s an interesting ficus. I got it from my oldest son’s 7th grade teacher, Mr. Myers. That was a few years ago and it’s finally ready. It’s taken a little while to get it to grow. He had nearly killed it and … Continue reading →

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Ficus Microcarpa “green mound” Time-Lapse Video

Posted on October 7, 2016 by

In case you’re not subscribed to the YouTube channel (and why aren’t you?) here’s the video link to the new video for y’all: It was a fun video to shoot and it’s a fun video to watch, enjoy!

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The annual, mandatory, airlayer post 

Posted on June 6, 2016 by

To fulfill my contractual blogging obligations with the National Blogging Counsel, here is this year’s airlayer post. For kicks, I’m combining two different time lines, just to see if I can keep myself in the correct tense grammatically and time-wise. … Continue reading →

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