Now I know why your username is treesnake

[Detlef]

Nice article in the latest Viper magazine.
Cool garage and nice snake collection!

 

[Mopar Boy]

Man I wish those dog sleds would get here with my mail! I here there is alot of good things in there!

Robert

 

[treesnake]

Nice article in the latest Viper magazine.
Cool garage and nice snake collection!

Thanks DETLEF..
How did your diffuser install go?

I would have replied sooner but I have been busy... in the garage.

This is the busiest time of year at my house. These photos are older but it looks just like this for the next 2-3 weeks...

Not to mention the other great thing about Spring. It's time for the SNAKES to come out of hibernation too.

Need more hours in the day...

This is Marco Invernizzi. He is a professional Bonsai artist from Milan, Italy.
We have frequent "discussions" about which car is better, Ferrari or Viper..

 

[GTSnake]

I tried the bonsai thing and they kept dying on me.... I didn't realize they are such high maintenance.

 

[treesnake]

I tried the bonsai thing and they kept dying on me.... I didn't realize they are such high maintenance.

"High maintenance" is an understatement...

You think some Viper owners are "anal"... You have no idea.

Example...
On a Pine Tree...
We count the number of needles on each branch. (That's right, every needle on every branch...) Then judge the strength of the tree. At that point, we use long twwezers to pluck the needles to get the same amount of needles on each branch.
Then you take off a few more needles on especially strong branches and leave a few extra needles on weak branches. The goal is overall "Balance" in both appearance and strength.

This done on every tree, twice a year. I won't even get started on the "wiring"...




But I love it...

 

[Mopar Boy]

Wowzers! So my style of tree triming (with **** wacker) would not go over so well!

Would comment more but my issue has not arrived yet!

Robert

 

[Detlef]

Thanks DETLEF..
How did your diffuser install go?

I would have replied sooner but I have been busy... in the garage.

This is the busiest time of year at my house. These photos are older but it looks just like this for the next 2-3 weeks...

Not to mention the other great thing about Spring. It's time for the SNAKES to come out of hibernation too.

Need more hours in the day...

This is Marco Invernizzi. He is a professional Bonsai artist from Milan, Italy.
We have frequent "discussions" about which car is better, Ferrari or Viper..

Well, the rivet gun didn't arrive as expected so I am still waiting for it. Maybe next weekend for the diffuser blades.

 

[Stretch]

That was a very cool article. I had wondered why the garage looks so long in the pictures, but it totally makes sense now. Good luck with the trees!

 

[treesnake]

Wowzers! So my style of tree triming (with **** wacker) would not go over so well!

Would comment more but my issue has not arrived yet!

Robert

 

[85 of 200]

Wowzers! So my style of tree triming (with **** wacker) would not go over so well!

Would comment more but my issue has not arrived yet!

Robert

I personal like when she has a brazilian done, is that what we are taking about?

 

[85 of 200]

And where is my copy of Viper MAG. DAMN it, I hate my mail man, always taking my viper mag.

 

[85 of 200]

Mike I have to ask, what would a cheap bonsai cost me?

 

[ACR steve]

Great article and great garage.......

 

[treesnake]

Mike I have to ask, what would a cheap bonsai cost me?

Hey Greg
They range anywhere from $25 to...

I saw trees at exhibits in Japan that were going for over 1 million dollar$. (US).
Japanese businessmen sometimes buy these trees as investments. They buy the tree. Hire one of the premier Bonsai artists to work on the tree for a couple of years. If the tree wins one of the top exhibits, you can add a zero to the sale price.
Once a tree wins a major exhibit, the millionaire collectors all want it.

However, doesn't matter how much the tree cost, forget or neglect to water it for just one day.... turns into a million dollar hat rack...


I can get you in touch with them if you are interested...

 

[bluesrt]

is the 25.00 dollar one just a piece of the dirt by it..

 

[Mopar Boy]

I personal like when she has a brazilian done, is that what we are taking about?

Different subject!

Mike - And I thought car collecting was crazy! $1 million for a tree!

Guess I should never get one! My cactus died because I forgot to water it!

Robert

 

[Vman455]

Different subject!

Mike - And I thought car collecting was crazy! $1 million for a tree!

Guess I should never get one! My cactus died because I forgot to water it!

Robert

My last cactus died because I DID water it (I'm not lying--I guess I went a little overboard...). Maybe I should try bonsai?

$1 million is a bit out of my league, though...

 

[85 of 200]

Hey Greg
They range anywhere from $25 to...

I saw trees at exhibits in Japan that were going for over 1 million dollar$. (US).
Japanese businessmen sometimes buy these trees as investments. They buy the tree. Hire one of the premier Bonsai artists to work on the tree for a couple of years. If the tree wins one of the top exhibits, you can add a zero to the sale price.
Once a tree wins a major exhibit, the millionaire collectors all want it.

However, doesn't matter how much the tree cost, forget or neglect to water it for just one day.... turns into a million dollar hat rack...


I can get you in touch with them if you are interested...

If I send you a 25 check, will you pick me out one

 

[treesnake]

If I send you a 25 check, will you pick me out one

You Bet.
A buddy of mine has a Bonsai nursery not far from me. The STL club is, or is going to be contacting the KC club to come out for your track day. Gateway Int. (here in STL) wanted a crazy amount of money...
If it works out, I will be going. I can bring it out to you.
Maybe you could put a LI in my truck??? Trade????

 

[treesnake]

Different subject!

Mike - And I thought car collecting was crazy! $1 million for a tree!

Guess I should never get one! My cactus died because I forgot to water it!

Robert

My last cactus died because I DID water it (I'm not lying--I guess I went a little overboard...). Maybe I should try bonsai?

$1 million is a bit out of my league, thoughn..

Believe it or not, the money doesn't stop after you buy it. ..

Trees of this caliber require professional maintenance. Top professionals in Japan receive an average of about $700 per day. There are three basic times during the year when work is done on the trees. Min. of two days each visit. That's six days. Or $4200.00 in basic yearly maintenance. In addition, once every three years the trees need to be "wired" (Wrapping annealed copper wire around each branch and bending the branches into shape)

Next is the Bonsai ***. I have photos of "show" pots (100-300 yrs old) selling for $250,000.00 (US) no typo...either..

The stand, or Dai, (100- 300 yrs old also)iare priced similar to the ***...

The scroll. I have seen these for $500,000.00. (US)...


FWIW...
This is a tree that I entered in a competition in Dallas a couple of years
ago;

A professional spent two days wiring and pruning this tree getting it ready for competition...

The tree is 125+ years old.
The *** is 100 years old
The stand is 100+ years old
The scroll is 50-75 years old....

 

[treesnake]

As requested...

 

[bluesrt]

hey mike-what if the wind blows those little monsters off their seats!

 

[Sellshomesdrivesviper]

As requested...

Wow, treesnake, that yard is STUNNINGLY beautiful.

 

[treesnake]

hey mike-what if the wind blows those little monsters off their seats!

The pots that the trees are in have drainage holes in the bottom. We thread wire through these holes to tie the tree in the ***....
Most of the trees are set on benches or stands that will allow another wire to be threaded through. You attach this second wire to the existing wire that is holding the tree in the ***...

 

[85 of 200]

WOW, Im not into nature, but those trees are pretty cool.

 

[85 of 200]

You Bet.
A buddy of mine has a Bonsai nursery not far from me. The STL club is, or is going to be contacting the KC club to come out for your track day. Gateway Int. (here in STL) wanted a crazy amount of money...
If it works out, I will be going. I can bring it out to you.
Maybe you could put a LI in my truck??? Trade????

Sounds good. Do you know the date, Im going to be a dad at the end of May. Lord help me.

 

[Coloviper]

Simply Amazing!

Love your Japanese Maples in your yard. Our two here in Colorado are doing okay, but nothing like the ones I saw on the West Coast in Vancouver, BC. Ours in Colorado could double for a little Bonzai size.

All I can say Treesnake, is you have a lot more patience than I do. I can't get up the energy to prune our 65 ft Austrian Pines.