A Giant What?

Moved to the Northpole. Almost.

emile — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:57:27 +0000

No sequoia will survive here. But I’ll try

My setup

emile — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:03:42 +0000

It takes a room, one Ikea bed and a 400W bulb.

Sequoiadendron giganteum ‘Pendulum’ - weeping sequoia

emile — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 07:46:05 +0000

1 year old. It really looks a bit sad, but not as sad as these ones…

Germination rate of 60%

emile — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:37:13 +0000

Last year I collected some cones in the Giant Forest. The seeds were stored in a fridge for 9 months.

Spring is in the air!

emile — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:48:57 +0000

Spring has finally arrived in Norway. Look at this Dawn Redwood!

Trip 2008!

emile — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:15:28 +0000

Next month I will be visiting California again. My main (or only) focus on this trip is seeing and photographing the coastal redwoods and giant sequoias in springtime.

Show in Google Maps (USA2008.kml)

I used the following abbreviations for the trails:

Montgomery Grove Trail (MONTGOMERY)
Bull Creek Flats Loop (BULL-ROCK)
Founders Grove (FOUNDERS)
Rockefeller (BULL-ROCK)
Trillium Falls Trail (TRILLIUM)
James Irvine – Miner’s Ridge Loop (JIRN-FERN)
Fern Canyon Loop (JIRN-FERN)
Boy Scout Tree (BOYSCOUT)
Stout Grove (STOUT)

Being a DSLR-virgin, I am not really sure how the photos will turn out. We’ll see!

In Love in the USA

emile — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 09:10:17 +0000

I got married on Saturday, June 10, 2006. Only three weeks later I fell in love - again. This time with the Giant Sequoia trees of the Mariposa Grove.

This blog will be about the trees, not about my wife.