terrestrial_man: lol IÂm a writer. I am rather familiar with Photoshop CS2 and write tutorials for it from time to time. Though, I find adding text to an image to be posted on this forum to be a bit cumbersome, at least in large volume. Textual highlights are at most times warranted. I also have years of experience in creating web pages; programming by hand. The USDA doesnÂt list regions for my state that seems to be why my tree species its not listed. Yes, I will be gradually exposing the roots over time. Though, I doubt I will need to for this one. The root system has already begun to harden up to where being exposed wonÂt cause harm. Not that I will risk exposure it for another year or two to be on the safe side. I am making it a point to take progressive photos of all my bonsai. IÂm now letting my root-over-rock bonsai thicken up at the base and two main trunks. In the end, I plan on this being a cascade or semi-cascade tree. I wonÂt be wiring it and will instead attempt this through pruning and pinching. Buy cheap paint and paint your plastic pool. White is best. It will extend its life by blocking UV radiation and oxygen. Both can degrade plastics rapidly, some faster than others. Root over rock is very easy to do especially if the plant is very young and the roots very thin. Picking the correct rock is the most difficult part, aside from patience. It should have a nice flat bottom, look good, and have lots of crags and crevices for the roots to flow around and through. The next time IÂm in the mountains I plan on looking for such stones. IÂve planned on cutting the bottom of stones flat if I need to. HereÂs an example of another bonsai I began last year. I found a rather tall, thin, and branchless maple sapling near my pond. The result of all that flimsiness is this, (Maple) 125KB. This is of course not an actual bonsai style and is instead uses mounds of artistic licensing. IÂm basically going to attempt to make it look like itÂs a dragon swimming in water. IÂm sure it wonÂt look too much like that, but it will be interesting to say the least. IÂve yet to repot this one this year and am waiting till at least next year to repot. My next traditional bonsai subject will be in the "exposed root" (not my tree), and I plan to go to extremes with it. IÂll be planting my subject tree in a very long narrow plastic pipe that is stood on end. Each year the pipe will be cut shorter from the top, exposing a little more root each time. The pipe itself will be planted in a large pot for when the roots finally reach the bottom. Though, I prefer the Sekijoju instead. I like stones. lol

I think that part of the web site is down, I can't get to the member page / trade list area. I may have some very small oak seedlings around the yard, I will look. I have other perennials, and Herbs; Rosemary Garlic Chives Sage Summer Thyme Maiden Pinks Jacobs Ladder Baby Sun Coreopsis White Candytuft Iberis Bressingham Hybrid Heuchera Dragons Blood Sedum Bee Balm Spring Charm Arbis Giant Delphinium  Multiple Varietes Mint Lambs Ear Note: I am trading someone locally some plants this afternoon, it is possible that I'll run out of one or two of whats on that list. Jamie

would love to trade... Do I have anything you would trade for?

I am looking for cuttings or rooted cuttings, of the weeping pussy willow, blue leaf willow, and the one called Nicki.............. can't find the fullname. I have rooted corkscrew willow (generic)to exchange. Vangy likes to play in the dirt zone 5 SW Michigan