Bonsai!

No, this has nothing to do with Buckaroo Bonzai being my favorite movie.

I love bonsai trees. Who doesn't? But they're expensive and easy to kill, so I decided to make my own invincible bonsai tree.

 

 

I used the small pot I had originally put my baby Groot in - since the clay Groot did not really turn out so well or last long because the air dry clay cracked. The pot was actually a perfect Bonsai pot and was probably the one my original bonsai came in years ago.

 

I took a cutting from the unkillable bush that grows next to the deck. I've been hacking away at that thing for years and it just keeps growing. I've cut branches from it that have started growing on their own a day later, so I realized, hey, this thing won't die. Cutting it down and sticking it in a tiny little pot won't hurt it. A short branch that already looked tree-trunky made for a nice bonsai starter.

 

I added some moss dug up from beneath the back step - also probably unkillable. I added some stones and put it all in a nice potting mix.

 

I figure I can trim this thing all I want, and it will just keep going like the Energizer bunny of Bonsai - unlike those frail but pretty little juniper bonsais that wither after a few weeks outside of the care of a seasoned professional gardener.

 

Just for good measure, I popped another cutting into the fairy garden behind it where I'm growing one of my mini-lawns. I figure I'll do the same with that one.

 

Stay tuned for pictures of my sproutlings. The lettuce, spinach, radishes, potatoes, cucumbers, tomatoes and beans are all in their permanent homes and starting to green up.