AusBonsai

One fine day in early Sept 17, I packed up my gear heading to an old wrecking house in a near neighbourhood in Melbourne. There were a few trees that were destined to the tip in a week to make way for a site development. After making a deal with the owner to collect a couple of large JM's and a few azalea's I was ready for hard labour for the day...

Here are the 2 JM's. Both are likely to be around 70-80yo according to the owner.
Now the Azelea's...
Quick trip back home...
More to come.

couple of weeks went by...some early sign of good old JM never die

...couple of months later..

Great work Hal,
They really are excellent material, would be a shame to lose them to the tip.
Good on you for saving & giving them a fresh start.
Investing the time, sweat, & effort to dig is really paying off, just on that big JM alone.
The scar in the trunk adds real interest - yes sir I like .
Keep calm....

Yes, I have plenty of excuses to the missus to stay in the garden this winter for some serious wood carving

Cracking stumps Hal

Squizzy