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We’re
in the DDSS days now. Different Day – Same
Stuff. Here it is August and we’re still expounding
on the fact that it’s hot (as if you didn’t
know that already yet!). Your Bonsai does need
special attention during these times because of heat
stress which equates into water stress. We could
go over this again, but we suggest that you go back
to last
month’s email and review the problems
that heat causes your Bonsai.
Just don’t
forget to check your watering regimen to be sure
that you are providing your Bonsai with adequate
moisture and adequate protection from the broiling
sun.
Now, let’s
tell you what’s
happening at the Dallas
Bonsai Garden website.
We’ve given a new look to some of our pages
in the Dallas Bonsai Garden Online Catalog. This
is, of course, an ongoing thing and many of the changes
you may not notice as they are tweaking this product
or that page. But, there are some items that you
suggested and we are listening and improving our
response to them to assist you in the hobby of Bonsai.
1. The Bonsai Care Guide. This is a guide that we
used to give out to our customers who were purchasing
Bonsai from us. We printed literally thousands of
these over the 38+ years we have been selling Bonsai.
Certainly it can’t give you as much information
as can a 200 page book, but it boils down into crisp,
concise language the principals that you must adhere
to in order to maintain your Bonsai. With our lives
becoming more and more filled with pressures on our
time and still having only 24 hours in any day it
is imperative to remember some facts that are really
important – and this small guide does this
for you. I hope you read it over and over again and
then periodically read it again to remind you of
possibly forgotten facts that are important. P.S.
- We’ve
provided a PDF file for you so that you can print
you out a copy to tape to your refrigerator or use
as a bookmark in your files on your Bonsai.
2. The Bonsai Gallery. Over the years we have accumulated
a photo album of outstanding Bonsai specimens. You’ve
asked us to share it with you and we are starting
to put up a page a month for you. Why is this so
important? Well, it’s inspirational. You look
at these Bonsai masterpieces through several lenses – one
is envy (I know!) Gosh! I wish I had one just like
that. The second is really more important than our
covetousness. That is the specifics that the image
the Bonsai specimen exhibits to us in form and character.
It is extremely important for us to see perfect specimens
and use them as guidelines as we shape and prune
our own Bonsai. It’s the same in all artistic
hobbies. There are principals that are general in
nature that we must adhere to, but there are as many
exceptions to the rules as there are rules. You’ll
see this in The Bonsai Gallery. Bookmark this page
and go back and back and back for inspiration.
3. FAQ. The Frequently Asked Questions Section of
the Dallas Bonsai Garden Online Catalog. Again, we
have been accumulating emails from you over the years
that are really good questions. They are in words
that you, our customers, used to ask us questions.
These are not contrived, but are actually emails
that we have received from you. Some questions are
general, some specific – but all quite good.
We do hope that the FAQ section will assist you in
answering questions that you would have asked us
if you had the time to do so. We find that a question
and the answer can be much more helpful than a lot
of book verbiage on subjects that are of no interest
to you at this particular moment.
Now let’s talk about the new and exciting stuff
that’s happening at our Dallas Bonsai Garden
Warehouse.
Well first – We received a container of Chinese
Figures. Lots of new ones that we must take pictures
of. Karate, Tai Chi, 5” items, 4” items,
dragons, lions, elephants and…would you believe
a set of 35 – Yes 35 different poses of 1” glazed
men!!!. Amazing!
The next container will have a set
of 57 different poses (couldn’t do it this
time because of time constraints).
Second – some new Bonsai books in English.
The Wisley Bonsai Book, The Bonsai Handbook and just
in this last week – Bonsai School. Go
to Bonsai Books in English Section to see details
on the new
helpers.
Thirdly – at the end of this month we’ll
have over 190 different Tokoname pots back in stock,
a complete selection of Masakuni tools (67 different
ones – at affordable prices), the Maple Book,
All available Kokufu books – from memory – about
31 years are still available, two books on variegated
plants (my weakness-my vice), and back in stock the
Japanese books on conifers and junipers which sold
out immediately upon arrival.
We’ll announce their arrival as soon as we
can so that you won’t miss out on the excitement.
Again
thank you for your patronage. And….Happy
Bonsaiing!!!
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