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We
here at Dallas Bonsai Garden wish you and yours a
very Happy Holiday!
Our
goal is to
provide you with the best bonsai information there
is! At this time of year, however, there isn't
much to do really except to keep your babies from
freezing. The best info we can give you now is
to start thinking toward spring and what you might
need to enhance your bonsai tool collection. So,
this email will act somewhat like a hand out to
your gift givers who need some help on just what
to purchase for you this Gift Giving Season.
We
hardcore Bonsai people know what a pruner
is while a "normal" person would think of it as
a 12 inch long saw on a long pole for whacking
off tree limbs way up in a large tree. Pruning
compound to that "normal" person is that black
bitulithic stuff that is quite odiferous - it smells!.
Well - we
Bonsai Hobbyist know better don't we? A pruner is a 7", 8" or 11" concave cutter and pruning
compound comes in tube or small vials that is for little old
branches and none of it smells.
So
to make it easier and add a little grease
to their task of getting just the right item we
will mention to you some of our easiest gifts for
them to purchase for you.
First - of
course the gift certificate. These come in whatever
denomination the gift giver wishes. From $20.00
on up to whatever. (
call 1-800-982-1223 1pm-5pm M-F CST
)
Second - Books.
Eventually the Bonsai Hobbyist will have every
book in print. Why? Because each and every author
may impart to you the same ideas, but he will use
different words and mental images. Some of these
ideas will stick with you and some just get lost
in translation. I can well remember reading Paul
Samuelson's Principals of Economics the
second, third and fourth time and then Zingo! It
finally hit me as to what this brilliant man was
saying. The same things can be said of Bonsai books.
You need to read different person's views of the
same detailing to have the idea finally become a
picture in your head. Pictures are a very important
learning tool with the Bonsai Hobby. By viewing Masterpiece
Bonsai Trees you can see just what you might need
to do with your young specimens*. The Kokufu series
of Japanese picture books are the premier source
to viewing the best of the best.
*Note: That's
also why we set up the Bonsai
Gallery for you!
Third - Tools
and tool sets. Please remind the gift
giver that there is a difference in the quality of
Bonsai Tools. There is no better tool than a Japanese
Bonsai Tool. ( And there is no better place to purchase
Japanese bonsai tools than here at
Dallas Bonsai Garden.) For the newcomer
the addition to the first semblances of
a tool set might be only the simple inclusion
of a concave cutter. This along with the
scissor/shear are the first and second
tools needed for a tool set. For the person
who has been in the hobby for a few years
and has these tools the next items are
usually a wire cutter, a second pair of
shear/scissors that are for a specific
trimming job, a good quality tweezer or
other specific task tools. All the Bonsai
tools we handle were developed as "special
tools for special tasks." It might also
be that this person is upgrading into Stainless Steel
tools and is doing this much like a family adds to
their sterling silver dinner sets of knives and forks.
Fourth - Bonsai
Instructional Videos. We have some
very excellent videos which will help everyone along
with their Bonsai Hobby. We have the beginning videos
and the Japanese videos at the top of the line in
instruction. Although the Japanese videos are pricy,
it would cost you thousands of dollars to get this
information from these persons on a one on one basis.
These are the Bonsai Masters in action and on tape
for you to view over and over.
Again,
I do hope this will give you a start on a check
list of items to ask for or to give.
We here at Dallas Bonsai Garden wish you and yours
a very happy holiday season and hope for a beautiful
and bountiful New Year!
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