Bonsai Mike
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Greetings all. My name is Mike, and I wanted to introduce myself. I had to make an account to comment on the Franklin Park Conservatory collection earlier (events forum). Been lurking and seeing those specimens again got me excited. My OSU background was forestry and horticulture, and worked the OSU arboretum for years and also FPC after college for a short time before moving away.
That was probably where the bug bit me, but since moving multiple times my collection was gifted away or neglected. I am sure I am not the only one to do this, but I took a ~5 yr hiatus from the hobby.
That changed this spring once we started house hunting. I have a yard and it feels like the scene in Wayne's world where they are playing hockey and the car goes by and now it's "game on" and now the fire is re-lit. I kept all the pots tools and books. After burning through my book collection for a refresher, I really began to thoroughly enjoy this site. Thank you all for contributing to such a cool community!
My bench is now crowded with projects, but the yard has plenty more room. I tried raffia and lime sulphur for the first time this year, drove nursery to nursery like a madman looking for projects and mainly read more and more. I live in a nice growing zone thanks to lake eerie and the area is full of nurseries. Sadly most are wholesale only however.
Thanks to you guys I found a lot of really useful resources like soil sourcing/shipping info, Facebook auctions, Bonsai Mirai, and loads of other useful linked to articles. I feel like I couldn't possibly be back on track as well as I did without you nutters for aid and inspiration.
Excited to post some projects and contribute to threads.
That was probably where the bug bit me, but since moving multiple times my collection was gifted away or neglected. I am sure I am not the only one to do this, but I took a ~5 yr hiatus from the hobby.
That changed this spring once we started house hunting. I have a yard and it feels like the scene in Wayne's world where they are playing hockey and the car goes by and now it's "game on" and now the fire is re-lit. I kept all the pots tools and books. After burning through my book collection for a refresher, I really began to thoroughly enjoy this site. Thank you all for contributing to such a cool community!
My bench is now crowded with projects, but the yard has plenty more room. I tried raffia and lime sulphur for the first time this year, drove nursery to nursery like a madman looking for projects and mainly read more and more. I live in a nice growing zone thanks to lake eerie and the area is full of nurseries. Sadly most are wholesale only however.
Thanks to you guys I found a lot of really useful resources like soil sourcing/shipping info, Facebook auctions, Bonsai Mirai, and loads of other useful linked to articles. I feel like I couldn't possibly be back on track as well as I did without you nutters for aid and inspiration.
Excited to post some projects and contribute to threads.
