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| MINNESOTA BONSAI |
| A Publication of the Minnesota Bonsai Society July 2007 |
| JULY ACTIVITIES Tuesday, July 3 - General Meeting 7 PM Tue., July 17 - Bonsai Basics Class, 7 PM Tue., July 24 - Board Meeting, 7 PM Sat., July 28 - Annual Picnic & Members' Tour |
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| Contents @Minnesota Bonsai Society Last Updated 7-30-07 |
| Come at 7:00 PM on July 3 for an unusual program - a Bonsai Swap Meet. Many other clubs have swap meets on a regular basis, but I can't recall our club holding one. Bring things that you are tired of -- surplus items, extra trees or stock plants. "One person's trash is another's treasure." How many stories have you heard where someone took home an "impossible" plant -- from a nursery, silent auction, or collected from the wild -- and a couple of years later had turned it into a nice bonsai? Swapping sound like fun to you? Go out in the yard and pick out a plant or a dozen that you don't need - check the garage shelves for items you'll never use. Then bring it all to the meeting where you can shop around the room for possible trades. |
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| We add more information or photos to the newsletter during the month, as they come in. Check back once in awhile. And remember, the next issue of your newsletter will be ready around July 30 at: www.minnesotabonsai.com/aug07 |
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| WHERE'S THE PICNIC? Bob Hampel, our Picnic Host Extraordinaire, says he's been saving up roadkill all summer, and will have it ready from the grill around 2:00 PM on picnic day, July 28. For activities, he has rounded up several rubber mallets and croquet sticks for a new game called "Club the Rodents." A prize will go to the person mashing the most chipmunks, pocket gophers, 13-stripe ground squirrels, moles, voles, or other tunneling vermin. For directions and maps, click on Picnic/Members Tour below. |
