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by Lawrence LeClaireFog City Bonsai June 2007 Issue
Jun 11th: Here is your online version of Fog City Bonsai for June 2007.
This issue features:
May Meeting Notes - Kathy Shaner & Yasuo Mitsuya Transform a Juniper
June Meeting Announcement - Wiring & Review: a Workshop
Before Decandling: Sharpening - Eric Schrader
Bonai, Some Pointers for you Journey - John Boyce
From the Prez………….John Edwards
Upcoming Events, Meetings, and Announcements
Your Summer Bonsai Care Calendar BSSF
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by Eric SchraderA Trip to Monterey
Jun 10th: I had the pleasure of making it to the Monterey Bonsai Club's annual show this year and I was not disappointed with the quality of the trees. A couple years ago I got a tour of Mr. Katsumi Kinoshita's yard in Pacific Grove and saw many of his wonderful and old trees; but I had never gotten a chance to see them in a show setting until now.
Congratulations to the Monterey club for putting on a great show and for some great hospitality... read more »
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by Eric SchraderBefore Decandling: Sharpening
Jun 1st: Decandling of Pines in San Francisco can happen anytime between now and the end of June depending on where you live, the size of the tree and the length of needles that you want on the tree. But before you go cutting off all the new growth on the tree take a moment and do yourself and the tree a favor: sharpen your scissors. Dull scissors will not only make the job of decandling a lot harder for you, it will make it more difficult for the tree to recover... read more »
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by Eric SchraderOak Repot - Almost lost this one
Apr 30th: I've had this little oak for about three or four years...can't remember exactly. It's an island scrub oak, native only to the Catalina Islands of California. I bought it from an arboretum sale in a gallon can. I made one courage chop to remove all of the existing foliage which was above the present height of the tree; it budded out all over the trunk and has been growing well for the last few years... read more »
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by Eric SchraderFatten em up before the slow roast.
Jan 31st: After selling a couple of my deciduous trees at a recent auction I decided that I had entirely too few trees which are naked for the short San Francisco winter. The Chinese elm that I had been training for 5 years from nursery stock fetched a high enough price that I was able to take a trip to Lone Pine and buy a dozen more trees, with money left over for fertilizer, akadama and other supplies. I bought two Texas Cedar Elms, a European Beech, a European Hornbeam, three Winter Hazels in gallon cans and four small scrub oaks in 4-inch pots... read more »
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by Eric SchraderAn Online video series worth your attention
Dec 28th: I want to share with those of you who have a broadband internet connection a series of online videos which are of excellent quality that give us a glimpse into Japanese, Chinese and other bonsai hot spots without having to travel the world. The videos can be found here:
http://www.bonsaifarm.tv/content/category/4/15/51/
They range in subject and location but all are worth the time to watch. If you do not have a broadband connection then pester me to bring my computer to a meeting, I have them saved and can show them around... read more »
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by Eric SchraderGet to work!
Oct 25th: If you attended the Marco Invernizzi workshop either to watch or to work then you know that the time has come to get some work done on conifers and many other trees. I’ve been puttering around in the yard grabbing a tree here and a tree there for some work. I have a lot of pine trees now so I have a lot of needles to pull. I started with the younger trees which are generally smaller and require less work... read more »
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by Eric SchraderA Trip to Michigan and Back
Oct 4th: Dory, Bryce and I took a little trip to Michigan for Yom Kippur this past weekend. Apart from the fact that I hate spending five hours on an airplane it was a quite enjoyable trip. I grew up in California, so I am accustomed to seeing golden brown hills all summer, but it was a refreshing reminder of my six years of living in upstate New York to go to a place where everything is green in the summer... read more »
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by Eric SchraderFor the Conifer lover, fall is a time of much work.
Sep 28th: This simple phrase means so many things. Fall is a time when those who grow pines, junipers and other conifers reap the rewards of a long spring and summer of fertilization and growth. Other than candle cutting and fertilization there is not much to be done to a pine tree during the summer. In contrast, maples, birch, and so many other trees are worked on throughout the growing season, whenever the growth becomes too long or escapes the design of the tree... read more »
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by Eric SchraderAn afternoon of work with John Boyce
Sep 9th: I have the pleasure of attending a monthly workshop given by John Boyce and hosted by various members of the club. Since the departure of Ben Petrasanta, who generously provided space at DDCC for our meetings we have spent the spring and summer going from one house to another each month. This month our meeting happened in the back yard of Joe Dellea.
John, Ron Weaver, Joe and I started by examining the recently completed firing of pinch pots from our July meeting... read more »
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