Bonsai
Shape a full-grown tree in miniature over years of patient pruning.
~$115Cost to start
ModerateDifficulty
30–60 minTime / session
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MessMessySpaceSmall corner
The path14 quests
ASetting up2 things to sort, in any order$33
- Get shears, wire and proper bonsai soil
- Buy an outdoor species and keep it outdoors
Then the quests
- Water by weight and feel rather than by schedule
- Get a tree through a full year, all four seasons
- Prune to keep the shape
Same shape of evening, different thing to hold at the end. Or follow a tag sideways.
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