How to Introduce Bonsai to Teenagers?

[Tieball]

Told ya.
They walked in on me doing exploratory surgery/repot of a very sick yew.
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There goes half my coco coir, and the sifted fines I was saving for muck.
Also several pots about to be full of cilantro, marigolds, larkspur, lettuce, ficus benjamina, and the little blonde guy just doesn't understand that a 12 foot tall sunflower won't last long in a little sour cream tub. His call, but I warned him.

Your yard has a good friendly we-can-do-stuff here look. It’s a good thing to let it happen.

 

[ShadyStump]

Your yard has a good friendly we-can-do-stuff here look. It’s a good thing to let it happen.

And I like it that way!

 

[Tieball]

And I like it that way!

It’s so much better than a yard that is meticulously cared for and kids, and even adults, can’t run around on it to play whatever play they want. And bonus…kids are in sight and you know what they’re up to.

 

[ShadyStump]

Well I did spend a year and a half getting grass to grow under the the elm in the back corner, but that was specifically so the kids would have a cool shady spot to play in summer.