Al said:
"Can I take a laptop with me to do all this studyin, this nature stuff really cramps my style for BonsaiTalk"
We can do better than that! Take your laptop, digi camera and cell phone with internet modem and we'll tell you where to dig.
I suppose the meaning of bonsai has changed through the years. At it's basic level it may mean "plant in a tray" but for most who have studied it or grown it, it means so much more. For me, the wild grasses in a pot doesn't cut it. I think a bonsai should have a woody trunk and branches and should portray a tree in nature, or at least one that is possible in nature. This still leaves plenty of possibilities for individual likes and dislikes when it comes to style. Sorry, but if it has a green celery stalk for a trunk, it ain't bonsai in my book.
Tony