So you went to bonsai show with a friend and on the way home you visited a couple bonsai nurseries. You’ve been thinking about it for a while and now you have decided that working with bonsai plants might be a rewarding hobby, now what?
Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Bonsai Care Weblog. Today we are going to look at the cost of getting started in bonsai. We are going to pay particular attention to the cost of our tools. As in any other hobby there is a beginning cost and as hobbies go the beginning cost of bonsai is on the low to med side. Your “must have” novice grade tools are going to cost you about $150 give or take a couple dollars, maybe a little less with the help from your new bonsai friends via used or hand me downs. (more…)
Bonsai care, now that’s a big subject for such a small tree! OK, so I won’t make a ton of money telling jokes. The point is, caring for your bonsai is a big responsibility. If you have a few dozen trees it is a big job, a few hundred and it becomes a huge, daily chore.
Welcome to the Bonsai Care Weblog, the newest section in the ever growing, ever changing west coast bonsai website. As you can see we have a new site layout and lots of plans. I hope to get the new pages finished and loaded a few times each week. If you have any suggestions please feel free to post them on the Bonsai Artist forum.
Coming Bonsai Attractions
This weekend, July 4th, I had the pleasure of interviewing Bob Jardinico a Boston transplant to the SoCal area. When I caught up with Bob he was busy with a Shimpaku juniper re-styling which he was gracious enough to let me take a few pictures of. I will try to finish the article and get the pictures together this week.
I have also taken pictures of what I hope will be the start of a Shohin bonsai collection. What is Shohin bonsai? Shohin is the Japanese word for “a little thing” and we are talking very small. Here is a link to a shohin bonsai article by Morten Albek of the Shohin Bonsai Europe website that I think might explain it. I look forward to working with these tiny delights.
Anyway, please take a look around the west coast bonsai website and if I can be of assistance just drop me an e-mail. Keep your tools sharp and don’t forget to water twice tomorrow, it’s going to be over 100 degrees in Riverside.
