Hi Sam,

At this point, I'd be tempted to leave everything in place until next January. We always get a much better take with fully dormant scions. Looking around at all the fat buds and hints of green, I fear that our window of dormancy has now closed for this year.

BTW, great job instilling the passion! Next Stephanie gets to see how she likes sticky, sappy fingers. LOL

~Dave

You best marry that girl, Sam ;-)

Dax

Nice finds! I hope she is as lucky as I have been.
Rob

This is great! I love seeing this new generation of conifer loving broom-hunters. I was afraid that our passion would die off with us older folks.

lol Dax, Wow Sam, Make sure you hold her hand with that sharp grafting knife! You can never be too careful...;)

dax beat me to it ...

my wife walks out into the yard.. once every ten years.. and says something along the lines of.. where did that come from ...

ken

Ken, my wife is the same. The only time she goes out,
is to get in the car and go shopping.

Way to go Sam....again!
Mike

You are all so funny!
Dave, I too was concerned about it being too late in the year, so I only took portions of each broom. :-)

Well, after a very treacherous climb into the large Douglas fir tree, we were successful in retrieving the other broom!

I climbed 10 feet (4 meters) with a ladder & was able to grab the closest branch 6 feet (2 meters) from the top of the ladder! (STRETCH!)
After climbing another 12-15 feet (5 meters), Doug handed me the pole pruner. I carefully grabbed the blade, hoisting it up above me another 8 feet out on a limb. This angled approach allowed me to successfully cut off half of the broom. Coming down was very tricky, as well!

The broom was very blue and it had bountiful cones!
We will be propagating both the broom and the seeds!
Pseudotsuga menziesii 'Mt. Angel Blue'
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-Sam

Hi Sam!
Nice finds! As always......congratulations
L+M S

Sam,

One of the characteristics of a leader of any movement is the recruitment of new enthusiasts. You're on your way.

How many brooms have you found so far this year...made it to double digits?

Nice finds by the way,

Alex

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Sam, Thats a good name!

Well, we returned this weekend for another collection of Stephanie's two brooms.

This time, she had the camera to photograph the retrieval of the remaining broom.

The broom is quite high..about 40' (125 m)
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There I am risking my life, using a pole pruner in a tree..
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Trophy shot with Stephanie and her helpful dad, lending his ladder and truck for equipment!
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Many scions available for trade if anyone would like to propagate this special Doug Fir!
-Sam

Hi Sam, very nice broom from Pseudotsuga!
L+M S

Congratulations and well 'Jan Slama-ed' so precariously high up.

So, which is the trophy in that pic? The girl or the broom??? ;-)

That would make one hell of an engagement picture sometime down the road, too

Sam !!! If you get any closer.....i swear that broom is gonna break budI hehe
Congrats

Al

The things we do for love...

Great shots, Sam.

tj

@Al- gonna break bud...LOL

Good stuff. Stephanie finds and you propagate. Basics for a future nursery!
Zsolt