Hi, and welcome to my blog.
I
thought I would start by giving you the story of how I got in to the amazing
art of Bonsai
It all started for me in my teens.
I already enjoyed being in the garden, I even enjoyed mowing the grass!!! But
my first encounter with bonsai was when I watch The Karate Kid for the first
time. What can I say, I was fascinated by the mini trees that Mr Miyagi was
working on in his office.
My next encounter wasn’t till I
was in my early twenties when my Nan passed. I have some very fond memories of
my Nan, one was her love of her garden and I remember spending hours in her
garden just admiring it. After she passed we had the job off emptying her
house. In the process, we divided up some of her belongings and it was decided
that I would have all her gardening books. Within this pile of books there was
a book, "Bonsai, the art of growing and keeping miniature trees" by
Peter Chan, this sparked my fascination again. I started to read and do some research,
trying to get as much info as I could, before starting on my bonsai journey. I
would love to say to you now that I have been practicing the art ever since but
it wasn't for another 10-13 years until I finally got my first trees in
2015.
Well there it is, how I became
fascinated with bonsai. I will talk about how I actually started in my
next post.
But before I start talking about
my trees I just wanted to talk about what I want for this blog. I want it to be
a learning tool for me and others (Please learn from my mistakes!!!). I will be
posting pics of my trees and talking about what I have done and what I plan to
do. Please feel free to ask any questions, and for you more experience readers I
would like to encourage you to comment with your advice and tips that you have.
Finally, just a quick word to say
that I live in the UK and you will need to keep this in mind as your clement
and timings may be different than mine.
Hope you enjoy my future posts.
Razor
