u/chesterstevens

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▲ 363 r/Moss

Moss and roots in Japan

Beautiful grounds of a temple I visited in Japan

u/chesterstevens — 6 days ago

▲ 19 r/Bonsai

Final trim for the season on my cotoneaster

Lowering a branch to help fill space in the mid-right area of the tree.

u/chesterstevens — 6 days ago

▲ 185 r/Bonsai

Peter Chan’s father is an alum at the university I work for and he stopped by for a campus tour.

I happened to be out on vacation, but my colleagues reached out to me to let me know he was coming. They all know me as “the guy that does bonsai”.

I asked them to tell him that his videos meant a lot to me when I started in bonsai and appreciate all the information he shares. He left me a signed copy of his book.

u/chesterstevens — 10 days ago

▲ 87 r/Moss

Starting a mounded, moss garden. All stones and moss collected.

2-3 year journey started

u/chesterstevens — 12 days ago

▲ 16 r/Bonsai

$18.99 clearance boxwood back budding nicely after cutback

u/chesterstevens — 12 days ago

▲ 4 r/Bonsai

Found the spider by my Yaupon wrapping up dinner the other night

Pretty cool to watch

u/chesterstevens — 20 days ago

▲ 12 r/Bonsai

A new friend hanging out over my boxwood

Happy to have ya pal 🕷️

u/chesterstevens — 23 days ago

▲ 58 r/Bonsai

My Amur Maple starting to finally look like something

Bought this Amur on clearance a few years back. It’s been a journey trying to get branches where I wanted, but it’s finally starting to come along.

u/chesterstevens — 25 days ago

▲ 112 r/Artifacts

Found this in a creek in Wisconsin and was told it is a fire starter used by Native Americans. Is this correct?

u/chesterstevens — 29 days ago

▲ 12 r/LegitArtifacts

Found this rock with a perfect hole/indentation SE Wisconsin wood. Any thoughts?

Just wondering if anyone thinks this may have been used for something in the past.

u/chesterstevens — 29 days ago

▲ 19 r/Bonsai

Another clearance find- Azalea Stewartstonian for $10.99

Never had an Azalea and don’t really have any flowering trees, so I grabbed it bc I wanted to play around with it. Trunk is okay, waiting for the back bud after the cut back.

Plan to cut back further in late winter.

u/chesterstevens — 30 days ago

▲ 3 r/whatsthisrock

Found this rock in my parent’s woods in Wisconsin. Do you think the hole was man made?

Just curious what people think? No idea what type of rock it is.

u/chesterstevens — 30 days ago

▲ 180 r/Bonsai

Found this boxwood in the clearance at big box store for $18.99

Photos in 3 stages- bought, trim, branch selection.

Plan to cut it back further, but trying not to go too hard on it.

Any branches still on that you’d take off?

u/chesterstevens — 1 month ago

▲ 48 r/Bonsai

Upsized my ficus “benjamina” into a larger trainer pot

I’ve had this tree for 4 years now. Bought it on discount at a nursery that was going out of business and came with bugs lol.

I lost the left trunk stem a couple years ago and slowly brining it back with the only branch that survived.

I just wish these back budded better like other ficus.

*photo was taken at dusk, so it has a weirdness to it.

u/chesterstevens — 1 month ago

▲ 16 r/Bonsai

Burning bush chop

I was under the impression that burning bushes don’t bud a second time in the grow year, but it is pushing new growth. Love the trunk. I plan to chop it back more in later winter.

u/chesterstevens — 1 month ago

▲ 18 r/Bonsai