Collecting Wild Fruit Trees for Bonsai, Part 1, The Bonsai Zone, Sept 2019

Kevin and Stephen host members of the Toronto Bonsai Society on a collection trip near Owen Sound by Georgian Bay!
The collection of these wild fruit trees was done with the permission of the property owner. Collected trees for bonsai are called Yamadori.
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[@BostonBonsaiIdiot]

Wow...nothing more bittersweet than the sounds of late summer. Absolutely gorgeous, what a trip that must have been.

[@aaronleslie1581]

I always say to my son when he eats fruit that it grew just for him… that apple grew just for you Nigel!

[@mushintatsu]

That's why I like trees, they're quiet.

[@Insignificanthings]

Yes. So dont get married.

[@PatriciaOConnorBonsaiBalcony]

Beautiful Cliff shots Nigel.

[@kenjohnson5498]

I haven't heard silence in years, nothing like nature to bring on the feel goods. What an amazing place.

[@bobrogers5522]

13:29 Nigels Zen moment. What a great outing for everyone. Thanks for sharing.

[@rabide1]

I know that part of the country very well. I was owned 30 acres on the other side of the bay. Beautiful area and will be back up that way in 2 week. Good hunting!

[@dk2614]

Those bitter pears are used to make Perry. Perry is the cider of pears and those bitter and astringent flavors once fermented make for wonderful flavors and aromatics in perry.

[@TheNatrjack965]

Absolutely beautiful nigel...

[@hollymunfordbloe4744]

So, a gift from GOD! GREAT JOB NIGEL! LOVE UKULELE HOLLY

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thanks Holly, the entire day was a gift that I'll never forget!

[@mil0s251]

thanks Nigel for uploading so often, you make my days better and more peacful!

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[@patrickfo967]

This Video came in just right in time Nigel, I'm dealing with my flu and decided to take a break just a minute ago! Thanks for your great content and greetings from Germany

[@JohnJames.]

, with the flu to buddy

[@GiveitaGrow]

Wonderful story telling with so many interesting things to look at! The music is very nice too. I made my first travel vlog this year so I know it takes a lot of footage to make a video like this, and filming in the car is deceptively difficult. Great job Nigel! 17:36 That cliff reminds me of the early bonsai, inspired by the weathered and gnarled trees growing in the cliffs of Japan. OMG, you do your own music?!?!? Awesome!

[@sendingforth]

A very beautiful and pristine video. Looking forward to part 2.

[@Perfinn]

rocking that man bun bro!!

[@Nhoj31neirbo47]

I liked everything about this video. Especially notable were the ‘trophy shot’ and the silence of the forest.

[@lakeelsinorebonsai1203]

Wow! Amazing collection trip! I wish we had that here. Someday..👍👍

[@FlorenceChandotCA]

Glad you had a chance to check it out! This is something i definitely want to do some time. Perhaps next year!

[@EnSnusTack]

Beautiful video! Help'ed getting the dark thoughts out of my mind for a while. Thank you Nigel

[@HerbandRoots]

Beautiful area! Takes me back to hiking on the Bruce trail up to Tobermory!

[@briankavanagh7191]

What a great artisan shop with original ideas

[@marybryan8826]

Nice adventure thanks for the bring me along!

[@manoharmanu7863]

Very nice to watch this episode its too good thanks for share nigel Sounders. Waiting for part 2

[@leandroferrer]

Fantastic, I'm looking forward by the part 2.🙌🙌👏✌️👍

[@marysoldeeley2218]

That looked like an amazing place! I hope you got some trees too! This is part 1.... :)

[@rafi_N]

Very nice trees and fantastic place!

[@momenta______9612]

After a long time. Beautiful scenery And you are a legend!!! Good luck Nigel....

[@zippyify]

Brilliant video Nigel what an adventure

[@Silencio.Voluntad]

I love your vídeos, thank you for sharing Nigel

[@SamDoeckeAussiebonsaibloke]

That's Awesome mate thanks for sharing 😁 That lake is clearer than my drinking water 😲😲

[@BackGardenBonsai]

Some amazing trunks collected by the guys! Did you not collect any for yourself ?

[@deploribusunum3894]

I wish we had a bonsai club here. Looks like fun.

[@BonsaiJCan]

Looks like some nice trees were collected ! This is a very nice area and for some reason in some of the forests along the bottom of the escarpment, up this road to Wiarton the ash trees are still thriving up to this year. It is a good thing, but strange how they are not effected yet. I recognized where you where from the look out. I really enjoyed the video, beautiful place.

[@Insignificanthings]

Great. Now I am craving for apple.

[@Werd2jaH]

Hey Nigel. Can ya do a fall/winter prep video for your garden?!

[@rainslements]

Hey Nigel, Love your Bonsai Zone! I wanted to ask you - so you're collecting in late September these Yamadories? What is the aftercare for the upcoming cold winter? Will you keep them in the greenhouse? I presume you will use your usual turfus and perlit soil mix? Thanks so much in advance!

[@quinnrivers4710]

I am always curious

[@rainslements]

@@quinnrivers4710 I know that Harry Harrington from UK also collects a lot of trees in September/October but the aftercare is delicate.

[@mattbrennan647]

I had the exact same question

[@JohnJames.]

roots keep growing until 4 degrees, I feel they focus on root production for the rest of the season. I came across a specimen that a loader left after a big dig, it was late in season , tree had no leafs but full of buds, potted up in peat and grit (had no perlite ) . it survived at grew great this year. it was good faith, as I had admired this tree before, a beaver had chewed the top off twice , creating a beautiful natural bonsai

[@rainslements]

@@JohnJames. Thanks for the input. By the way, I was just thinking how animals eat and change such trees and how amazing a bonsai can be born out of it.

[@PapaOsmubal.OscarBalajadia]

Were you filming the whole time on this trip, Nigel, you did not collect trees yourself?

[@paulsaunders2972]

Beautiful trees mate... amazing scenery... obviously autumn is the perfect time for collecting apples?..

[@chandrakantthakare3787]

Very nice

[@brianwhin-yates5994]

Hey Nigel. Great video! I have my yamadori spots picked out but I thought I had to wait until spring to start digging them up. What are your thoughts?

[@TheBonsaiZone]

It is best to wait until spring, but if the tree is dug up carefully and you get a lot of the roots intact, the survival rate will be high. You will have to protect it over winter from the cold trying to keep the roots just above freezing. It is probably best to replant the tree in it's pot into the ground for the winter and mulch around the tree to keep it warm. Rabbits and mice will try and eat your tree, so you may need hardware cloth around the tree to keep them away!

[@patsfreund9164]

So what did you collect?

[@maryshoemaker1437]

Good Sunday to all!! What a great video!! Just what I needed on this beautiful day!!! Enjoy!!

[@dinudavis4230]

Thanks nigel, As you said, Canada has shown more... want more... But Im not a fan of collecting trees from forest. starting from seed seems to be more in tune with nature. Dinu

[@shvshvhkv8608]

👌👌👌...!!!

[@briankavanagh7191]

The Nigel witch Project when he went deep into the forest

[@momenta______9612]

Hi there how are you doing?

[@baltazarcrump]

That's one way to help control invasive species.

[@JohnJames.]

that pear looks more like a quince

[@MuffFlux]

Cool but I hope people don't take all the trees

[@JohnJames.]

Muff Flux , this being someone's property, hard to do. you can get a permit that allows you to dig trees from allowed zones. transplant permit

[@janandersen6001]

☀️🇩🇰👍

[@dubsydabster]

Foist

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Perfect, all is well in the Bonsai Zone!

[@dubsydabster]

@@LetsDoBonsai Thanks Scott!

[@user-kp4ix9rs1d]

Good

[@maryshoemaker1437]

Dubsy Dabster ... WTG DUBSY?????

[@user-kp4ix9rs1d]

8th

[@BonsaiAmador]

show me deo água na boca ver tu comer a maçã 🍎

[@PabloRamirez-un8fe]

a true bonsaist does not take away from😡 nature

[@notahotshot]

Thank you for sharing your opinion, but you are not the arbiter of what a "true bonsaist" is. There is absolutely nothing wrong with harvesting a wild tree. If harvesting a wild tree is somehow wrong, then the entire art of twisting, cutting, and shaping a tree is wrong.

[@selfmade6142]

Dear Nigel, as much as I like your videos, this is not my taste. I do not like trees being snatched from nature. As a young man, I was also tempted to take trees from nature to get to a beautiful bonsai. I never did it because my heart told me it was wrong. Bonsai makes from plants that you can get in a garden center or from a hedge someone wants to redesign. There are so many possibilities to get nice starting material. I will not rate this video as positive or negative, as I can understand how tempting it is to get bonsai this way, but I think it's not the way to go, but everyone has to decide for themselves.

[@sam-io7lm]

Yeah i feel the same, i wouldn't feel ok with it.

[@selfmade6142]

@@sam-io7lm Nice to read that others share my thoughts. As I said, I do not want to condemn but only encourage other ways to go as such.

[@CardThrone]

My only issue with it is a lot of collected trees will not thrive and die, but overall i would say the environmental impact is not much as long as it is done carefully and respectfully and the best is put into making sure the tree survives.

[@selfmade6142]

@@CardThrone That's exactly my idea. Many excavated trees do not survive. That can not be in the sense of a bonsai lover.

[@notahotshot]

@@selfmade6142, and yet it is a long tradition of bonsai practitioners to collect wild trees. It has a special word in Japanese, "yamadori". If collecting wild trees is somehow wrong then confining trees to pots is wrong. By the way, do you live in a building? Is it constructed, at least in part, out of wood. Guess where that wood came from.

[@Dononcall]

second

[@funiarbaba5245]

Hello sir Nice trip to collection trees and specially very beautiful city road side view