Hello from Wild and Wonderful WV

[Koda'sgrandma]

I want to thank everyone on here again for all your advice and encouragement. Since finding this wonderful forum I have learned so much, and I just found you on Friday. I have managed to find out that the one and only bonsai club that was in West Virginia, has been disbaned. That means there really is nothing here, no clubs or learning centers, no nothing. I was able to contact the professor who did preside over the club, and he was gracious enough to answer all my questions about what needs to be done to keep my tree happy in our area of the country. So, since I am brand new to the world of bonsai, I will have many questions as I go along I'm sure. I hope you don't mind. Again, Thank You all very much,

 

[ColinFraser]

Welcome to the weird and wacky world of the nut house!

"Give us your seedlings, your mallsai ,
Your stick-in-pot, yearning to be tree"

 

[jk_lewis]

And, cultivate that professor as much as you cultivate those trees. Tom Simonyi is a good guy.

 

[Koda'sgrandma]

And, cultivate that professor as much as you cultivate those trees. Tom Simonyi is a good guy.

LOL,,,,He offered to answer any questions I have. I don't think he realizes what he got into. I have so many, as soon as I get one answered, I think of a new one. But between him and everyone on here, I should be able to keep from killing everything I touch.

 

[Alain]

Welcome to the Nut's house.

Here too people love to answer question about their tree's dependency.
And the more we discuss this dysfunction on the forum, the less we annoy our spouse with it, so a win-win situation I may say

 

[sikadelic]

Welcome!! I see WV in a title and I have to pop in for my 2 cents. I used to live there as a kid and still go back to Upshur County every year for a week during deer season. We have a small cabin on 500 acres and have a lot of fun around the fire, drink too much beer, and laugh way too hard. Oh yeah...we deer hunt too.

Glad to know that Bnut is serving you well so far!

 

[GGB]

I bet there is some good collecting in WV

 

[Geo]

Welcome. I am in the same boat as you. Worse. No clubs here. And no ex members. I rely on this forum (and one or two others) and the net generally, for all my information. I am grateful to the members as well.

 

[Koda'sgrandma]

I bet there is some good collecting in WV

This spring I will find out

 

[Koda'sgrandma]

Welcome!! I see WV in a title and I have to pop in for my 2 cents. I used to live there as a kid and still go back to Upshur County every year for a week during deer season. We have a small cabin on 500 acres and have a lot of fun around the fire, drink too much beer, and laugh way too hard. Oh yeah...we deer hunt too.

Glad to know that Bnut is serving you well so far!

If you are in Upshur County then you are not far from me. I'm in Lewis County. LOL! Deer season will be here soon. Sadly I haven't hunted in many years. Have fun and stay safe out there.

 

[Metalgrootvader]

We will have to compare our new stuff and see how many poor trees we kill!

 

[Alain]

We will have to compare our new stuff and see how many poor trees we kill!

That's the spirit

 

[M. Frary]

We will have to compare our new stuff and see how many poor trees we kill!

I killed a bunch this year. Happens to everyone here,so if and when it happens don't be too disappointed.

 

[Hump]

Wv native here! Fairmont.. In what corner of mountaineer country are you all from? I too rely on this site (I know this post is old), but just found this post and got excited. No one around here does bonsai, minus the occasional PA people that come by since they're so close to the border

 

[penumbra]

This spring I will find out

A tip on collecting. Go hunting now and mark out the trees you want to collect then go back before they break bud in the spring to collect them. I just tie a small piece of flagging tape on them. Of course you have no control over other people but I tag on my own land and property of a friend. Its not always easy to tell what you are collecting if you just go out when the plants have leaves.

 

[mrcasey]

There's a small club near Parkersburg, WV called the Ki No Kaze Bonsai Club. The face book page is https://www.facebook.com/groups/662058003814042.