Bonsai Hunting at the Cabin: Dave's Bonsai E259

This was such a needed trip up to the cabin. My son Toby and I had blast using his new drone for some cool arial shots. Found some very cool trees and enjoyed many other aspects of the cabin. Grab a cup of tea and watch the beauty of some "Up North Bonsai."
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[@TheBonsaiZone]

Beautiful aerial Tobography!! A beautiful video for fall!!

[@clintsheppard9699]

Ha!!! 😂

[@julycottage]

Such a beautiful relaxing place to continue with your fabulous hobby!

[@TonysBonsai]

What a superb video this Dave. That bass was a real beauty, but your little pike took me back to fishing on the local canal as a lad in the winter. Great stuff.

[@DavesBonsai]

Glad you enjoyed it. I was just glad to get something as I fished with the Whisperer!

[@musiquepourregenererlecorpsetl]

Absolutely wonderful sharing! Thank you for sharing beautiful content with us!! Big like!

[@baldyeti]

Daggum, that was pretty cool, brother. The drone footage was amazing, but the fishing….oh-ho-ho! Looks like you and Toby had a blast, man. And that’s the best part.

[@DavesBonsai]

Glad you enjoyed it, It was a long needed couple of days, and we can't wait to do it again.

[@BlueJayBonsai]

The landscape by your cabin looks like heaven to me! 😍🐦💙

[@bobcatbonsai]

Great video Dave. Your son's drone work was awesome.

[@DavesBonsai]

Thanks 👍

[@stevecaspers8540]

Look like Jack Pines, they grow well in sandy soil and have shorter needles than the Scotch Pines. I have a dozen started from seed in my back yard

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

That looks like a great break Dave and made better by some tree and moss collection. Thanks for sharing, Xav

[@derekhill827]

That pine might be a Jack pine. They have short two needle clusters. Biggest indicator would be the cones, they tend to curl slightly around the branch. They're native to Northern mn, but it'll be more difficult to identify if the logging company chose a non native tree to plant.

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

That is one relaxing walk in the woods.

[@RyanFish825]

Boy that drone footage really shows the scene, what a great piece of property you've got there, collection headquarters! Good luck with the quaking Aspens, they are neat mature bonsai for sure and you don't see them all that much. Great video, THANKS!

[@mattbrennan647]

Great video Dave. Those Aspens will make an amazing forest planting. Loved the drone footage. Thanks, keep growing

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

Moss. Bonsai Gold.

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

Your trees are looking good.

[@HoundStuff]

Nice video, Dave! Cool to see the area around your cabin.

[@clintsheppard9699]

I had to miss the annual Closing the Cottage trip this year, but it's a special time. Those were some really cool shots of you and Toby, too!

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

They usually get the trees for reforestation from nurseries out there. Bare root, 4-6 inches tall. Narrow shovel to V the hole, stick in tree, step in soil to seal and do next. I did that when young out by my uncle in U.P. Michigan. We planted 1000 trees in 3 days. One V’s, other sticks and seals. Then we hope for rain. Trees ran about $0.10/tree back in the day. Under 500, about $0.25/tree.

[@margaretmiller4899]

Gorgeous area, thanks for sharing!

[@bjrockensock]

Pinus banksiana the Jack pine. I'd say this pine are Minnesota's best pine candidate for bonsai... if you can get them to grow in a pot (they are finicky and deeply rooted). 'Uncle Fogy' is a dwarf prostrate nursery variety originally collected in Richfield. The best way I've found is to cut around them them at least two years before you want to collect them and leave them in place, redigging each Autumn. Or better yet, find them growing on top of bedrock with roots already forming a mat. Sometimes they get completely eaten by jack rabbits in winter and, lo and behold, rebud from bare wood even if completely stripped.

[@DavesBonsai]

Excellent info. Thanks!

[@bjrockensock]

Their root crown may be a foot or more below the surface in sandy soil and they get a very yellow winter color. These trees aren't usually found with a central leader unless grown closely together. On the upside, they miniaturize easily--even the cones become smaller, and the driftwood is silvery and persistent. The cones open when heated and the seeds germinate easily. I imagine that taking seedling cuttings would give them a better root plain and prevent that deep taproot.

[@bjrockensock]

There's a cool jack pine woodland in Backus I recall. And Minnesota hosts the largest, up in Voyageurs with a 95" circumference.

[@varunavirdi4640]

Nice video, thanks for sharing 👍🙏

[@kvg8133]

Damn, I can't wait to do that with property up here off Mt. Baker Highway. That cabin forest is dope.

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

Check out Arbico Organics. They have organic rodent controls. Might help. To bad you didn’t have an owl hanging around by you. They eat voles, etc.

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

Cool Bass. Northern? Or Muskie. Been awhile for me.

[@DavesBonsai]

It was a northern.

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

@@DavesBonsai Cool. I bet it gave a good fight. Back when I was young, fish & eggs for breakfast.

[@PatriciaOConnorBonsaiBalcony]

Hi Dave, I had a problem with Deer and Rabbits pillaging our gardens and Cayenne Pepper was the solution. Everything avoids where sprinkled

[@getintothewildwithjeffruma8777]

Love the video 👍

[@DavesBonsai]

I’m hoping for a new plot of land in 2023. Can’t wait to start that journey.

[@mariakellner5429]

Beautiful area lots of fun tfs,I heard from another you tuber rodents don't like the smell of cloves ,I'm trying it out they do stain so I'm spread them on the soil.

[@johnpugh5867]

Hi Dave I enjoy your channel I am intrigued with your variegated cork bark P/A what is its history I know history of Frank Yee cork bark I would love to know the history please

[@DavesBonsai]

I will have to confirm this, but I got that plant from a friend who has some Frank Yee descendants.

[@mattbrennan647]

Hunting FOIST

[@himalayanwanderer6096]

Why mostly old trees are dead or look like dead???

[@DavesBonsai]

It’s an old forest. There might have been some health issue which lead to taking down most and replanting the Jack Pines. Not entirely sure.