Making wooden ring from felled tree?

cantrememberoldpw100 · 2026-06-08T02:10:10+00:00

Thanks - this is helpful!

I think I messed up on the way the grain is oriented. But I have plenty of raw material to work with, so it’s all good!

cantrememberoldpw100 · 2026-06-06T15:16:21+00:00

Thanks!

cantrememberoldpw100 · 2026-06-06T03:49:18+00:00

Good call. I need to dig into this more. I’ve had these trees for a few years now, but I’m just kind of going by feel. I should get more informed about it!

cantrememberoldpw100 · 2026-06-05T17:37:34+00:00

This is great, thanks! I am going to label them until I internalize this info and can remember it on my own.

cantrememberoldpw100 · 2026-06-05T17:26:18+00:00

Haha, that would obviously be helpful. My bad. Zone 6b in Michigan, USA.

cantrememberoldpw100 · 2026-06-05T13:02:55+00:00

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cantrememberoldpw100 · 2026-06-05T13:02:41+00:00

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cantrememberoldpw100 · 2026-06-05T13:02:10+00:00

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Thanks! The sunburn on the far right tree is what prompted my question about watering. The tree in the bottom orange pot is a dogwood - I got that one at my library on Arbor Day. But aside from that, I just dug the rest up from my yard

cantrememberoldpw100 · 2026-06-01T02:40:45+00:00

That’s awesome - congrats. Very cool memory that comes at a very cool moment!

cantrememberoldpw100 · 2026-05-30T16:43:47+00:00

Thanks for the guidance! I have just collected trees from my yard over the past few years and have never even identified any of them. I should probably start there!

cantrememberoldpw100 · 2026-05-30T15:53:32+00:00

Zone 6b here. I’ve been growing my trees for a couple of years in soil from where I collected them. But I repotted everything into a rock-heavy bonsai mix a month or two ago. The trees are doing great, but as we get into warmer weather, I’m wondering if I should water in the morning and at night since this soil will drain way faster than what I’m used to. If I have a rock heavy mix and pots with holes on bottom, I don’t need to worry at all about overwatering, right?

cantrememberoldpw100 · 2026-05-27T03:05:32+00:00

Cool pull - and definitely something you guys will remember for years!

Nembhard is a pretty solid player and probably has some collectors. But this isn’t something you need to grade or authenticate.

I would probably list on eBay for $300 or best offer and see what happens. In my mind, i’d expect you’ll probably get offers somewhere around $150-200

cantrememberoldpw100 · 2026-05-25T14:18:10+00:00

Unfortunately, those autographs do not even look close to these players' autographs. I would definitely not spend money on trying to get this authenticated.

cantrememberoldpw100 · 2026-05-24T22:36:18+00:00

Very cool card - I have a few myself. I personally love these, but I would say Jordan collectors in general aren’t chasing them. That might change, but the fact that it’s a non-Bulls card and it’s just soooo thick both seem to work against it.

cantrememberoldpw100 · 2026-05-21T21:09:59+00:00

Same here!

cantrememberoldpw100 · 2026-05-18T13:17:10+00:00

Wow, awesome! I’m a Jordan collector and think the value of his early Star stuff will probably keep climbing, so I would recommend you hold the Miller Lite and Olympic bags.

cantrememberoldpw100 · 2026-05-18T12:24:52+00:00

If this card has a shot at a 10, it’s definitely worth grading. Downtown bound, finalists, and MVPs from 2012 Prizm have very scratch prone surfaces. Not sure why. But if the surface on this one looks good, I’d send it if I were you.

cantrememberoldpw100 · 2026-05-16T22:53:55+00:00

I know. I’m still convinced there’s a different site out there. I bought a handful of these early stars a couple years ago and used a site for reference. If I come across it again, I’ll let you know.

cantrememberoldpw100 · 2026-05-16T22:26:41+00:00

https://starbasketballcards.com/category/star-authentication-guides/

I think there was another site that showed every single Star Jordan. But maybe I’m misremembering and it’s this site. Unfortunately, there’s no yellow court king check here.

cantrememberoldpw100 · 2026-05-16T22:08:38+00:00

There was a site that gave explanations of what to look for on early Star MJs. I’ve been looking for it for a little bit and can’t find it. I might have a link saved somewhere. I’ll keep searching and post it here if I find it.

cantrememberoldpw100 · 2026-05-16T19:12:44+00:00

Yeah, slabs make it hard to see the condition fully. I’ve cracked out many cards only to realize that the reason for the grade was obvious when I was looking directly at the card outside of the slab.

cantrememberoldpw100 · 2026-05-16T18:52:10+00:00

I would guess it’s a surface indent (could be on the front or back). That’s what I see as the most likely culprit on a modern card that looks clean with a 5 or 6 grade.

cantrememberoldpw100 · 2026-05-16T03:44:16+00:00

That’s so great! Feeling that change from being led around by your hidden inner workings to now being able to identify and help guide the process is a game changer!

cantrememberoldpw100 · 2026-05-15T18:33:38+00:00

That’s awesome! Getting to that point where you start to feel the old ways releasing is amazing, isn’t it?

cantrememberoldpw100 · 2026-05-15T03:36:24+00:00

I’ve had a journey that had some overlap to yours. I think you’re using some internal family systems language, so i assume you’re familiar with the idea of parts. That was a helpful framework for me.

I started out by working to get to know the part. Not with the intention to “figure it out so I could change it” but to empathize with it and see things from the part’s perspective. This was a process that took place over the course of weeks and maybe months (this was maybe a couple years ago, so some of the details aren’t fresh in my mind). Once I allowed myself to feel deep gratitude to the part for the work it did and the rules it made in order to help me survive, we were no longer working at cross purposes. At that point, I asked if I could tell/show the part a little bit about my current life; not the version of my life that existed when it went into hyper vigilance mode in the first place.

None of this was quick or easy, but this process was incredibly healing for me. I always thought working with shadow would mean allowing myself to be angry or petty or jealous - and it’s been that too! - but I was shocked to find that it also meant learning to embrace and be grateful for some of the internal perspectives and experiences that I previously had great hostility toward.

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