I decided to name the gnarly crabapple stump “Barcus Root” after my favorite crabby little gnome from BG3.

Barcus Wroot from BG3

My Barcus is doing fine so far (doesn’t seem like I killed it by digging it out). It’s hanging out by the azalea that I’m also planning to eventually do some bonsai work on.

barcus and azalea

barcus and azalea