If you're interested in moss, I would definitely suggest Moss Gardening, by George Schenk. It's packed with information, and for a book on what many would consider a less than riveting subject, is surprisingly compelling. It's a great read...
I wasn't sure where a thread like this would go, so I put it in miscellaneous/other as it seemed most appropriate. It came up on another thread how practicing bonsai is somewhat difficult to keep up with being a college student. As many enthusiastic beginners do, I have made a few attempts at...
I think I actually have a doodle of one of your monster boxwoods lying around here somewhere. . . it's from a little while back I think, so it may or may not be quite relevant anymore depending on how you've developed the tree.
No offense taken at all! I appreciate it. Being in school leaves me with limited options when it comes to growing bonsai, so I try to compensate by "working" with trees with pencil and paper in the hopes that once I finally find myself able to work with some real trees I'll have trained my eye...
Don't be too jealous of us down here below the mason dixon. It's still pretty miserable here as well. It should be consistently in the low to mid 80's by now, yet it's barely managed to hover around 70 for the past few weeks.
I agree with october, I feel like some people are making it out to be more competitive that it should be. It's not the bonsai Olympics, it's an informal contest on an internet forum for bragging rights and a bag of akadama, or whatever else DBG has in store. The point should be to have fun and...