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Little Buddy Dawn Redwood - Day 89 2008-04-01 15:44:13 Yesterday the tallest tree in my collection, The General, was featured (Willard is still much wider than all of the others). Today I am featuring the smallest tree in the collection, Little Buddy
. This one is interesting because it sprouted out of the soil within a couple days of the other trees, but for [...]
Tallest Tree in the Forest Dawn Redwood - Day 88 2008-03-31 20:17:51 I have not taken an official measurement of the other Dawn Redwoods in my collection, but for at least a week maybe two Willard has not been the tallest tree of the bunch. That distinction goes to The General pictured below, topping off at 5 1/4 inches tall. It has been awhile since I have [...] Read more:Forest
Bark Obama Dawn Redwood - Day 91 2008-04-03 13:15:24 A lot of my trees started sprouting when the US presidential primaries were really heating up, and I think that perhaps it may have influenced a couple of the names for the trees. Below we have Bark Obama
, but he is feeling lonely without tomorrows featured tree. I did not want to show them separately, [...]
They Call Me?? Dawn Redwood - Day 90 2008-04-02 16:31:13 Today I’m featuring an unnamed tree in the collection. I’m not sure why I have not gotten around to naming this one (and one other that will be featured later this week). I’m looking for some suggestions so that I can give this tree a proper name. Of all the trees in my collection so [...]
My Other Project Dawn Redwood - Day 94 2008-04-06 21:06:00 Thanks to a couple months of working with Willard on this surprisingly successful blog, I’ve learned enough about the blogosphere to finally launch a blog idea that I have been working on for some time now. Today is the official launch of Invention Pub (), we have a great kick-off week lined up so check [...] Read more:Project
The Odd Ball Dawn Redwood - Day 93 2008-04-05 16:29:39 Today is the final day in The Others series, and although I do not have a name for this tree it is the oddest one of the bunch. This is because of the three branches growing on this tree, the biggest branch is at the top and the smallest is at the bottom. It [...]
Dawn McCain Dawn Redwood - Day 92 2008-04-04 21:41:32 Today’s feature tree, Dawn McCain
is the counter part to yesterday’s feature, Bark Obama. The two trees were named due to their positions in their original photo, Bark Obama was on the left and Dawn McCain was on the right. Eventually the two will be placed in a single pot for one bonsai [...]
One More Named Tree Dawn Redwood - Day 95 2008-04-07 09:20:22 Last week all of my Dawn Redwood trees were featured in The Others series, and I mentioned that two of them did not have names. A couple suggestions were thrown out there on the first day, and the name Sprout got a couple votes. So from now on that tree will be called [...]
Pruning Experiment Dawn Redwood - Day 98 2008-04-11 00:13:58 One of the things that I have been curious about is how these dawn redwood trees will grow once pruned. There is a branch on Dawn McCain that looks like it is in sort of rough shape, so I figured this would be a good branch to experiment on. I cut off the end of [...] Read more:Experiment
Disappointing Television Dawn Redwood Day 97 2008-04-10 11:33:29 I was watching How Its Made on the Discovery Channel and they started talking about bonsai. Unfortunately it was an introduction into how fake Bonsai were made. Willard would make for an awfully boring blog if he was fake, and never changed. I never understood fake plants, but I always thought that the long process [...] Read more:Television
Better Late Than Never Dawn Redwood - Day 96 2008-04-08 11:24:20 I’ve been able to take new photos everyday, but due to a loss of internet the last couple days, and forgetting my camera at home, I just was not able to post. I should get caught up today.
Blogging Burnout Dawn Redwood - Days 102 and 104 2008-04-16 10:02:00 I apologize to all of Willard’s fans out there that have been wondering what happened these past couple days. For some time now, especially with the launch of inventionpub.com, I have been overwhelming myself with blog stuff. I really just needed a little break from both of them, and this morning I felt like I [...] Read more:Blogging
, Burnout
Beautiful Weekend Dawn Redwood - Days 99 and 101 2008-04-13 09:53:15 I spent the weekend in Maine, so I missed day 100 for Willard. Above is Willard on Sunday, and below is day 99. Hopefully once I get back on track here I can post a progression image of the first 100 days as I had planned. Look for this within the next [...] Read more:Beautiful
, Weekend
Spring Fever Dawn Redwood - Day 105 2008-04-17 14:34:40 How can I possibly be expected to handle work on a day like today? The weather is finally beautiful out this week and it is very difficult to get much of anything done. Willard and the others are almost ready to start the process of getting outdoors for the spring. Check back tomorrow to [...] Read more:Fever
, Spring
Branching Up Dawn Redwood - Day 106 2008-04-19 14:17:30 You may have noticed that the highest branch of Willard has been slowly tilting up over the past couple weeks. This has also been happening on a couple of the other trees, but the most pronounced is the General. At this point it looks like the highest branch of the General (on the right in [...]
Tree Jokes? Dawn Redwood - Day 107 2008-04-20 23:05:14 I was going to write a tree joke today, but I cannot seem to find one. Anyone know any good tree jokes? Read more:Jokes
Marathon Monday Dawn Redwood - Day 109 2008-04-21 22:48:19 Willard was hoping to run the Boston Marathon
today, but was sorely disappointed when I told him that you need to qualify to run in it. I think he’s training for next year, but I didn’t see him move all day. Read more:Monday
Hardening Off Dawn Redwood - Day 117 2008-04-29 14:22:05 Aside from the rain these past two days the weather has been beautiful and it is about time to get my seedlings outside. Even though it may not seem like a big deal to move these plants less than 100 feet, when a plant is moved from indoors to outside it is really being [...]
When are you going to update? Dawn Redwood - Days 110 and 112 2008-04-29 13:31:24 Well I’ve been slacking off with the blog the last couple weeks with the nice weather and all, but have had a surprising number of people asking what’s happening with Willard. For some reason I thought that I had taken more photos than I actually did this past week, so unfortunately there are only two [...]
Willard’s Big Milestone Dawn Redwood - Day 200 2008-07-22 21:46:02 Willard is 200 days old today! I am still trying to figure out the background situation, perhaps a dark shower curtain cover would be large enough to do the trick. As I continue to rotate Willard, we’ll see that he has not quite taken a tree shape yet. It looks more like a leaning shrub. Read more:Willard
Willard is Getting Huge Dawn Redwood - Day 196 2008-07-18 00:38:55 It seems that all of my trees are going through growth spurts right now, Willard
no longer fits into my makeshift background anymore. I’m going to have to rotate him for the next photos so that everyone can see how he is developing. I sort of dropped the ball in getting photos of the first [...]
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