The Kaizen Bonsai Blog by Graham Potter
Busy Few Weeks at Kaizen Bonsai & Video.
You’ll guess from the title of this post that it’s been a Busy Few Weeks at Kaizen Bonsai. Not that we have been selling much particularly, just enough to keep the wheels on.
Heathrow Bonsai Show 2017
4am Sunday saw me up and out the door for our annual autumn trip to Heathrow. Now, I have a rule by which I live my life which involves me not entering the inner circle of the M25 (London ring road/long stay car park). I was 13 the last time I purposely visited my...
Thieving Bastards
This year we have been the target of an unusually high number of attempts to nick our stuff by thieving bastards using stolen cards and the like. Sadly one of these low life scum bags got away with it. In August we sold a juniper to Mr Darren Deschauer of Clyde Vale,...
Hats off to Uncle Albert
They always told me when you get older time seems to pass much faster. I have no idea what constitutes ‘older’ but time now seems to pass me by like money slipping through a politicians hands. Bonsai is very good at marking time for us or, should I say bonsai is very...
Time To Get To Work
In the UK summer is such a precious commodity we have to squeeze every drop of goodness out of it. By and large we don't work trees over summer except for a few maples and the constant pruning back of fast growing broad leaf varieties. Making the most of that tiny...
Where’s me tweed ?
Anyone who knows me will know that next to bonsai and my family my great passion in life is motorcycles. I have been very blessed to be able to assemble a nice little collection over the last few years. I thought it was high time I put one to good use and so this...
End of The Line
Nothing lasts for ever (except politicians bulls**t) and so it is with the very first line of bonsai pots we ever offered for sale. These plastic pots are seen literally everywhere and it's a sad day that they are no more. We have limited stock having bought the last...