Originally Posted by gregb

Back to your question though. When I started bonsai in 1989, Dan Robinson was my hero. I liked the idea of using collected material. I was living in the Ozarks of Southwest Missouri (Forsyth, Branson) and there was nothing in the way of bonsai pots unless you drove to Springfield, 65 miles away. There were a lot of ravines people dumped their trash down and lots of rusty old enameled metal dishes. These served as my first bonsai pots...free and recycled, what could be better?