| Spring is really bursting out all over this great United States! |
This is wonderful time to enjoy your Bonsai and
to treat them to a portion of your time during
your Spring Cleaning chores. After a drab winter
our trees are unfurling their beautiful foliage.
This is an exciting time!
Let’s pull out your
tools and implements and get them ready for the
tasks that will soon await you. Soon, or maybe
already, you need to prune and possibly remove
some branches or unnecessary foliage. Here in
Dallas our Japanese maples are starting to put
out their beautiful spring foliage that we all
so dearly love.
We want to remind you that
you need to keep your tools well oiled and in
a location that is not too humid so as to avoid
rust. Our tools are the very best Bonsai tools
available anywhere, but to keep them in tip top
condition you need to spend only a few moments
of your time coating them with oil and removing
any residue that may have accumulated during
their use. The easiest way for us to accomplish
this task is to have a discarded washrag on hand
when we are using our Bonsai tools. We also have
about a 3” by 3” piece of rag that
is soaked in machine oil. We clean our tools after
use, being especially careful to remove any sap
that has accumulated on the blades, and wipe them
all over with the oil soaked rag. This dirty little
oil rag is placed in a plastic bag awaiting its
use another day. We have the most trouble with
sap from our pines, ficus and elms. Their sap gums
up your shears and cutters.
During these Spring Cleaning
chores you may want to think about changing your
decorations that you use with your Bonsai. Have
you thought about changing your cameo of say
a fisherman to say a hut and a smaller figure
that would be to scale? These small changes can
make a difference in your Bonsai’s
appearance. We have some excellent decorative
rocks that will certainly add a natural appearance
to the area surrounding your Bonsai. These Japanese
decorative rocks are a very positive addition.
A more radical idea is changing the container color
or shape. This is an extreme, but can be useful to
you in your study of just what style of container
or color of container would be most appropriate or
most effective to the overall appearance of your
Bonsai.
| What’s
happening here at Dallas Bonsai Garden… |
This next week we will be getting
in a new shipment of some very exciting tools and
supplies. There will also be some of the Japanese
picture books that we have been out of for awhile.
At the end of this month we will have more than 150
new Chinese figurines to show you. And…next
month a treasure trove of new ceramic pottery. When
thinking Bonsai tools and supplies, be sure to think
Dallas Bonsai Garden. We are your Bonsai Supply Superstore!
All
our tools are from Japan. Quality products that
are value priced. Better selection. Better Price.
Dare to compare and we outshine all others.
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