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17-Jul-2008
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Bonsai Master, in my mind
Join Date: Feb-2005
Location: Back Home in Northern California
Country: USA
Posts: 1,917
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G'day Jim...
You are in an awsome position...take advantage of it. IMHO... Research collecting Oaks...on bonsaiTALK and other forums. Google the internet. Read whatever you can find on collecting Oaks. Learn as much as you can about collecting and caring for oaks...before you turn the first spade of soil. Patience, my friend. Those Oaks will still be there next year...and the next... Hook up with a local club...one which has members with experience collecting Oaks. Search out an experienced Oak collector...offer 2 or 6 Oaks from your property, in return for helping you get started. Then...when you start digging...don't dig the best one you can find. And don't fill your benches with collected Oaks. Dig a few and learn how to taker care of them, and once you have mastered the skills of keeping them alive...go after the better ones. Remember, Jim, bonsai is a trip that requires time and patience...welcome aboard and enjoy the journey. Did I mention patience? Pat
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BONSAI isn't about surviving in a storm, rather, how to dance in the rain. THE ONLY WAY: Always remember, and don't ever forget, that whatever you read here is not cast in concrete... the intent of any advice is to help. In no way should you feel that I’m saying that my way is the only way…heaven forbid! I've seen far too much of the "my way or the highway" attitude in bonsai as well as in other areas of life. Pat Patterson...Bonsai in the Greater Bay Area, Northern California
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21-Jul-2008
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bonsaiTALK Journeyman
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Hey Pat,
Thank you very much for the insite and the kind word's. The first thing I wanted to do was start trimming this and that. So I just sat there drank my ice tea and envisioned what could be done. I'm looking into signing up with the redwood empire bonsai society. I live about 15 minutes from where they meet. I'm having a little trouble getting the schedule times and when you can actually get in with them. They have there large show next month that I'm really looking forward to. That's a great idea on sharing a few tree's. I will offer that in a heart beat. I have 3 acres of what we call the swamp mainly because of the oak's, blackberrys and mosquito's. Then I have 20 acres of hillside with rocky shale ground covered in oaks and buckeye's. Would you suggest I see there work first or do a little research before I let some one out there? I have a couple of oaks I've started from acorn's and I have a cork bark oak that was 12 foot tall that I have worked with for a couple of year's and now stands 14" tall. But I realize buying it in a pot is a major diffrence than collecting one from the ground. If any one is interested in any of this let me know. And the fact I'm in the excavation business and have a lot of heavy equipment I will have to learn how to dig by HAND again! Thanks again Pat. JW |
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