However they are certainly very pleasant tasks. I enjoy wiring. There's nothing more relaxing than putting on some good music and sitting down with a pine and some wire. There's another reward, too. I can't think of any variety of bonsai tree that undergoes such an immediate favorable change of appearance than a pine which has just undergone needle pruning and detail wiring.
Pines are actually a lot of fun all year around.
It's pretty interesting to do the annual candle pruning sequences and watch the results appear. It's a lot less labor intensive than the pruning chores on most other bonsai. This month, on Nov 20, I'll be giving a workshop on the care of pines. There are a lot of different pinching and pruning techniques that have been advocated on pines. I'll be touching on all of these.