The Kaizen Bonsai Blog by Graham Potter
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Two Half Heads are Better Than One!
Two Half Heads are Better Than One! Creating bonsai takes a really long time. It also takes a long time to figure out exactly how to do it so if you are starting out TODAY assume it will take twenty years to figure out the basics
On A Roll – Yet Another New Video.
On A Roll – Yet Another New Video.
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44,000 Hours Well Spent – Growing Bonsai Trees
Starting out in bonsai is a tough thing to do. It’s easy to get it wrong, be misguided, be deceived or bamboozled by the ignorance of other egotistical self proclaimed ‘experts’. The fact that someone has a large following does not guarantee they know what they are...
Upside Down Bonsai
I remember decades ago, around the end of the seventies to be precise, my parents took my best mate Woody and I down to that there London. We were heading to Wembley arena to see Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, a big deal for a couple of clod hoppers from the sticks and...
New Soil Packages – A History Lesson
Today we have changed the packaging of our very popular soil mixes. Before I launch into a history lesson let me explain. For reasons I will explain we can no longer ship products NOT in neat cardboard cartons. Sadly that means an end to our infinitely popular 50l...
Abuse! Abuse!
It's been one of the most difficult weeks I have experienced here at KB. One of those periods of time when I was considering a new career as what we used to call a 'drunk'. HOW has modern life become so terrifying? I have dealt with some serious shit in my life from a...
Bonsai Tree Scappage Scheme
I was busy replacing some knackered benches over the holiday and whilst clearing up and poking around in the back hedge I turned up an old brake disk. This rusty bit of iron came from an MG/Austin project from the late fifties I did years ago. Not too sure how it...
A Cautionary Tale
Being Christmas I thought some of you lovely people might have time for a long winded diatribe so here it is.... A Cautionary Tale We humans are creatures of habit. It may be fashionable to ‘mix it up’ but at the end of the day most of us are at our best when fully...