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Japanese Maple Bonsai Pruning Video – New!
So, that being the case I thought it was high time I put together some information on the aforementioned in video form and so here is YET another video, i’m really on a roll at the moment.
Graham & Kevin Willson’s First Bonsai Creation Collaboration
Well it’s taken me the best part of three long weeks but the latest bonsai video is now available online completely free because I am such a lovely generous philanthrope
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Another Big Scots Re-pot
Scots pines are coming along early this year. I'm not normally troubled by them until the beginning of May, but this year we are definitely early, probably spurred on by last summers good weather and a mild winter here. This big lump arrived here about four years ago....
Get The Dirt Out
I have spent most of the year so far bitching about not re-potting bonsai or at least not re-potting too often. The whole notion of Bonsai trees and free draining soil seems to be one of the top mis-understood aspects of bonsai tree cultivation but I'll save that for...
New Bonsai Stock Arrived for 2019
Back in the day, when I had more hair on my head and less on my chin I thought life would work out a certain way, probably not unlike my father perhaps. Then I stumbled ass first into bonsai and, given a few years it ran away with me and became a business. I had hoped...
Timely Advice
It's been more than thirty years since I bought my first indoor bonsai tree and began my journey into this amazing hobby. One of the things that has helped me enormously is a funny quirk in my head that allows me to remember all the little details. Even now I remember...
Busy Day At Kaizen Bonsai
Insanely busy we are completely swamped with orders every day. It's a living nightmare just now. Please bare with us, we're doing our best but we don't have any more hands to call upon. Thanks but that really is enough now 😉 G. https://youtu.be/t0Hh_nmS_Ok
Workshop Dates 2019
I have been threatening to do some workshops for a while now. Problem is actually twofold. First I am old, really busy and mostly worn smooth out. Secondly the workshop is actually full of old motorcycles and I don't have a place to put them. However, my sense of duty...