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[IBC] Thank you......
.....for the welcome and for the information, both in the NG
and e-mails. I saved your info for reference and appreciate all the input. Jim, Andy, Carl, Nina, and Jeff, and those who e-mailed, here is my decision. I do not know enough to purchase a tree now. So, don't. Head down to the nearest nursery (or Home Depot, Lowes, Wal-Mart, etc. garden center) and buy a woody plant -- a juniper, or a holly (Yaupon is best), or a boxwood, or a privet. And while you're there, check their publications rack -- where they sell those little books from Ortho or Sunset or Southern Living, etc. and see if they don't have Sunset's "Bonsai." If they do, buy it. If they don't have it, find someone and have them order it. Take plants and book home and follow the instructions in the book and BUILD YOUR OWN BONSAI. That is a heckuva lot more satisfying than going out and buying someone else's bonsai, then just watering it. That's kinda like reading about sex. (Or beer. ;-) www.borders.com is a pretty good source for finding bonsai books, too. Also www.abebooks.com for used books (which will have the Sunset book, too. But don't buy the first edition! The second or third (I think there's a fourth out now) are worthwhile.) Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - "People, when Columbus discovered this country, it was plum full of nuts and berries. And I'm right here to tell you the berries are just about all gone." -- Uncle Dave Macon, old-time musician ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Evergreen Gardenworks++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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