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The Same But Different
By far my most successful academic subject at school was English. It's hard to associate me with any academic pursuit other than carrot crunching and clod-hopping, especially if you have heard me speak. My brain just can't keep up some times. However I DO consider language to be important and in a time where vocabulary and meaning are being abused like never before a little adherence to clear meaning and grammatical standard ought to be embraced so....What's the Same But Different? Has anyone noticed how often in the media folk being interviewed answer a direct question with the phrase "Yes,...
New Video Available Now
It's been a very productive few weeks around here (A NEW VIDEO!). There's a great deal going on in preparation for the spring. Organising and sorting out the dozens of tons of products we sell through the spring period typically starts in June thanks to manufacturing lead times, slow boats and UK port delays etc'. At this moment in time there are about 30 tons of goods inbound from Europe, Japan and China. We already received tools, wire and over 15 pallets of soil products in the last few weeks. Thankfully supply chains are recovering from the insane enforced shut down of the world thanks...
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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...
First Yamadori Delivery of 2018
Over the next few weeks we have our largest influx of bonsai ever arriving on the nursery. By May we have close to £75,000 of bonsai trees and yamadori arriving right here. Today, despite the weather my first stock arrived at 7am. To be fair this is probably the worst...
The Story of A Dog & Two Tools
Ever since I was a toddler I have been something of a loner, definitely NOT what you would call a team player. Most of my early years in bonsai were spent entirely on my own, no mates, no bonsai clubs and nobody pointing me in the right direction. The net result was a...