Emeraldtarpon
Mame
Hi fellow bonsai-aholics.
First post so i'll get right into it.
Long story,short....had a lovely collection (50+ trees).
I lived in Melbourne,Australia so good Winters etc (able to grow many different species).
My mum fell ill (dad had already passed) and there was no-one in the family to care for her so i stepped up,which meant relocating to a semi-tropical climate.
I knew i was going to have problems with a lot of the trees i had (slowly deteriorating in a semi-tropical climate).
My only option was to sell....It was an extremely painful process and i ended up being left with approx' 10-12 trees....so they came with me.
Well, over the next 3 years i had the misfortune of not only watching my mum deteriorate (dementia) but the trees i brought with me also did the same thing,eventually dying : (
Move forward to now and bascially im a 60 year old bloke that's having to start my whole bonsai journey from scratch again.
Unless i spend some serious cash, I'll never own any truly "mature" specimens again...not at my age anyway.
BUT...Im just as addicted now as i was the first time i saw a bonsai and im quite excited to be "feeding my addiction" again : )
Take care everyone, will have plenty to chat about in the near future...and pics etc : )
First post so i'll get right into it.
Long story,short....had a lovely collection (50+ trees).
I lived in Melbourne,Australia so good Winters etc (able to grow many different species).
My mum fell ill (dad had already passed) and there was no-one in the family to care for her so i stepped up,which meant relocating to a semi-tropical climate.
I knew i was going to have problems with a lot of the trees i had (slowly deteriorating in a semi-tropical climate).
My only option was to sell....It was an extremely painful process and i ended up being left with approx' 10-12 trees....so they came with me.
Well, over the next 3 years i had the misfortune of not only watching my mum deteriorate (dementia) but the trees i brought with me also did the same thing,eventually dying : (
Move forward to now and bascially im a 60 year old bloke that's having to start my whole bonsai journey from scratch again.
Unless i spend some serious cash, I'll never own any truly "mature" specimens again...not at my age anyway.
BUT...Im just as addicted now as i was the first time i saw a bonsai and im quite excited to be "feeding my addiction" again : )
Take care everyone, will have plenty to chat about in the near future...and pics etc : )