Hello all! Apologies if this post ends up become too long, but thanks in advance for reading :) The trees posted on this subreddit are downright inspiring!
I just sold my house in South Florida and moved up to cold NJ. In Florida, I looooved to garden, more specifically to grow trees. I loved to go around the neighborhood, as well as to rare tree arboretums, and collect seeds to germinate (non-invasives only!). Something about germinating from seed was very rewarding for me. I loved watching them grow through all their stages. I'd sometimes keep them in pots, sometimes plant them in the ground, sometimes give them away. Seeing them flower for the first time, 4-5 years down the road, was always something truly special. I am lucky that I ended up selling my house and garden to an avid horticulturalist, so I know that most of the trees have a good home. Nevertheless, I couldn't help myself from bringing a few with me :)
Since I don't have much outdoor space, and since most of the plants I took are warm climate plants, these will have to be indoor/outdoor plants. As such, I think it might be nice to try to turn them into bonsai, if it's not too late. I have read some books and forums, but still find myself a bit adrift regarding specific questions, so I figured I might as well ask here.
Here is a link to the imgur gallery, related to the specific question below: https://imgur.com/a/1EDGhKs
Photo 1: Arbequina Olive (zones 8-10). Main question: is it too late to bonsai this guy? (Is it ever too late? Would it even be called a bonsai if its this large?). The highest leaf, on the right side, is about 5'5". I'd be happy to to just keep it that height, and have it start to fill out/thicken. Is that best achieved by just keeping it potted like a normal indoor plant, with careful pruning? Or is it better to start treating it like a bonsai (bonsai soil, periodic root trimmings, perhaps branch training... whatever else it entails? still learning). I've read that olives do fine in this zone, if you keep them potted and bring them indoors in winter. Is this any different if the olive is bonsai or not?
Photos 2-4: Powderpuff Tree (calliandra haematocephala) (zones 9-11). Main question: does it look like it's on the proper path to bonsai? This guy was actually the one who made me think it may be fun to do some bonsai, because he reminds me of a bonsai, but it was totally by accident. I had him originally
... keep reading on reddit β‘I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
They were cooked in Greece.
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies π
It really does, I swear!
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
Heard they've been doing some shady business.
but then I remembered it was ground this morning.
Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale
Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments
BamBOO!
Theyβre on standbi
A play on words.
My daughter, Chewbecca, not so much.
Pilot on me!!
Christopher Walken
Nothing, he was gladiator.
Or would that be too forward thinking?
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
When I got home, they were still there.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
I won't be doing that today!
Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?
Where ever you left it π€·ββοΈπ€
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This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
There hasn't been a post all year!
Hindus, on the other hand, never had any beef.
