Minutes of the June 10, 2012 meeting of the Michiana Bonsai Study

Present:        Dave Bechtold, Larry Benjamin, Rose Benjamin, Bruce Kennedy,

 Kathy Lee, Mary Morgan, Bill Osborne, Norma Osborne, Cheryl Owens,

David Rogers, Marcia Rogers, Rick Rogers, and Sue Salach

Location:        The home of Cheryl Owens, Elkhart

Refreshments:     Beverage, Cheryl Owens; fruit and sweets, Sue Salach

Program:       Cheryl demonstrated the initial crafting of both a (windswept)Shimpaku juniper and a

               pair of dwarf Alberta spruces. Along the way she gave us some valuable hints. For

               example, she has found that rotating feeding solutions applied once every week in the

               summer avoids the problem of missing nutrients specifically required by individual

                species. In addition, Cheryl had photo albums available for those interested in checking

               out some of the sights she witnessed on several of her trips to Japan.