This article was sent to us by Jorge Nazario, the BSF President. It's a very detailed treatise on all aspects of Bonsai with a full panoply of subjects: an introduction, history, trunk and Nebari rules, sunlight, fertilizer, watering, insects, moss, Bonsai soil, wiring and that's only half of it! The article finishes with a complete Glossary of Terms. Thank you, Jorge!

On June 20th, we had our virtual club meeting highlighted by an outstanding presentation on wiring techniques by Jason Osborne. It was very well documented and photographed. To see the entire presentation, go to https://youtube.com/video/a-M6NsPOkog

Unfortunately, many people have had trees stolen out of their backyards recently. We suspect that this is being done by thieves who know what to look for in quality of trees and value of pots. Click on any photo to enlarge.

This is an extremely well written and illustrated discussion about Campeche Refinement. Bill has gone to great effort to show you how to refine this tree step-by-step and from beginning to end, including how to apply Lime Sulphur.

Our meeting via Zoom went very well. The entire recorded meeting can be seen on YouTube. https://youtu.be/GDvltxbSI5Q. We had 28 participants including members of other Bonsai organizations in Florida. We spent the first hour logging in the participants and showing them some of the features of Zoom.

This month's newsletter mentions that due to the "Social Gathering" recommendations we had our Board of Directors meeting using Zoom, and for our next club meeting we will also be using Zoom. On Saturday, May 16 at 9:00 we will be accepting participants to log in and the presentation will be hosted by Mike and Lunetta Knowlton. The meeting will begin at 10:00AM.