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New Video Available Now
It's taken a couple of weeks but pleased to say my latest video is now live 🙂 https://youtu.be/sPuKkiSicrw Creating Yamadori with Scots Pine Just in case you missed it I also put this one out there a few weeks ago. https://youtu.be/U9oh3mdsmmY
Put an Old Knob to Good Use
Firstly please let me apologise for the lack of posts recently. I have been having a bit of a melt down over the summer. There are days when life gets just too much to handle. Having turned my hobby into an all consuming business, these days I have to resort to motorcycling in order to save my sanity. Thank God for a beautiful summer. So, what's this Put an Old Knob to Good Use all about? Before you start, NO it's not me, I know I'm old but i'm not a knob.....most of the time. I have said many times that I have a passion for not wasting stuff. If there's a way to make something old and...
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Help With Plant Identification
I did post a picture of this plant a while ago and got a whole host of ideas on it's identification, none of which I believe were correct. Not the most desirable tree in the world but I do love the challenge of something new. For anyone that was interested it's...
Expo Bonsai UK Show Pictures.
Last weekend I had to drag my sorry old butt out of bed at 4am. We spent the day at the bonsai Expo at Heathrow which is a fair old shlep from here on a dreary wet and dark morning. Still, it was great to be able to catch up with so many friends and familiar faces and...
New Mediterranean Bonsai Stock
Last week we had a little delivery of Mediterranean stock. There are a good few more of these to come but for now here is a glimpse. G.
Potting Yamadori Hawthorn for Bonsai
This week (13 March) I did my first re-pot of 2018. This is an interesting one for a few reasons so I thought I would share it for all to see. This is a very old yamadori hawthorn I bought off my mentor Kevin Willson several years ago when he was having a clear out....
New Bonsai Stock 2018
This week we took delivery of over 250 new trees. Lots of nice Japanese bonsai as well as Chinese, Indonesian and European materials too. I have tried to take a few snaps as I went through all this, sorry they're not up to the usual standard but hopefully it gives an...
How Things Change.
Way back when I started messing with bonsai I suffered serious bonsai envy when looking at the bonsai books I got from the library. The thing that impressed me most was the beautiful junipers I saw from Japan. Their stunning deadwood, contrasting red live veins and...