Serenity in a Pot: Bonsai Grower Finds Big Rewards in Small-Scale Art
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By Donna Vavala, The News Herald, Panama City, Fla.  Jun. 10--Bob Silverio has an expensive, little hobby -- growing bonsai trees. About five years ago, a co-worker gave Silverio a small bonsai tree for his birthday.  "I didn't want it to die, so I did a lot of research," he said.
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John Cerney has chosen to display his works of giant plywood people in the fields of Monterey County, Calif., using the expanse of sky and miles of crops as his canvas.
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Foreign collectors want them. Newly minted local millionaires want them. The rise and rise of the country's modern artists
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VANCOUVER, B.C. - The hot new Christmas gift in Canada this year is a board game that lets players run their own "B.C. Bud" marijuana farm.  Creators of "The Grow-Op Game" say the $39.95 "educational board game" highlights the perils of the marijuana business and cautions would-be growers.
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. _ I was happy to see the label "poisonous" on the plant Brugmansia when I visited a garden center in the other day. I applaud them for letting the public know _ especially shoppers who have curious small children or pets.
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There is something wonderful about being 35,000 feet in the air, looking down on the earth, that gives an artist a new perspective.
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Sometimes the best way to do good is to use a little entrepreneurial spirit.
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Mamadou Faye is a goat herder in Senegal.  We've never met, probably never will.  For the last year I've watched each month for an update on his business.  Each month I waited for news on how his venture progressed. This business partnership wasn't forged in the humid lowlands of Senegal, I did it from my laptop, in my own home.  We met through Kiva.   With $25, a paypal account, and a desire to do some good Kiva connected me to this man in Senegal and in doing so revealed the power of small.
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The search for tiny treasures continues.
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A painting of the tulip trade provides incredible investing insights.
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The wood furniture maker uses a niche strategy to work around industry problems.
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Down a short alley in the sprawling, tourist-mobbed 798 art district in Beijing is a tiny shop that serves as one of the centers of Chinaâs small but thriving experimental music scene.
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When the going gets small, Paul Antico gets going.
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By Steve Riches  THERE are few things in the gardening world more satisfying than creating your own wildlife sanctuary.
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KUKENG, Taiwan  - Chen Chang-wei's farm is the size of a yard and his crop is accordingly modest.
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Pursuing oneâs passion for a living may involve taking a circuitous, costly and time-consuming route, but for some entrepreneurs, it is worth the journey.
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The documentary âShowBusinessâ makes one marvel at the stamina of artists who devote themselves to a world of many miseries and few rewards.