By Celina Blandford My first year starting bonsai, winter care seemed the most intimidating aspect of keeping trees in Minnesota. Click to View Larger Unless you only keep tropicals, outdoor winter protection for your trees is a necessary part of caring for bonsai in Minnesota. My first year of bonsai I stored my tree with…
Year: 2018
Visit with Andy Smith – Golden Arrow Bonsai
by Dale Krueger
During our maiden collecting trip to the Black Hills area in South Dakota we made a point of contacting Andy Smith to see if we could meet up while we were there. When you see a collected tree for sale, one of the first names you think of is Andy Smith. Andy has a dream job; he scouts the Black Hills area locating timber for companies to log. What a great way to search for yamadori bonsai; while he’s working his day job he’s finding good areas to collect trees. 