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Enough Already!
It's amazing to me these days how everybody knows everything about everyone. Seems anyone with a working mouth is an expert on most everything and the affairs of everyone. However in the case of what I get up to that's evidently not the case. I get fucked right off by being told, by folk I don't know, all about what exactly I am doing. So let me put the record straight before some dumb shits get the better of us. It seems every year or so I have to deal with this bullshit and it's pissing me off. Just so you heard it from me ....... Kaizen Bonsai is not closing it's doors and we are...
Waste Not, Want Not
As a young lad I was lucky enough to have some wonderful grandparents that were influential throughout my formative years. Waste not, want not was a phrase I heard regularly. On my fathers side my grandad served in the merchant navy and ended up in the water at least once. On my mothers side my grandad worked in munitions manufacture in the midlands. I have wonderful memories of summers spent with the latter. Whilst my parents were always busy putting food on the table and paying the bills they did their best for us kids. Grandparents however had a lot more time to give us. Summers spent...
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Oak Week at Kaizen Bonsai
Having been laid low for the last few weeks I have been severely limited in what I can get done around here. This time of year we start to get real busy buying new stock and preparing trees for sale later in the year. Over the last few weeks all I have been doing is...
Better Late Than Never.
Firstly let me take the opportunity to wish everyone a happy and prosperous 2018. I know it's a bit late but I have good reason. If you stop by here regularly you will know that our only holiday throughout the year is the Christmas week. I generally treat myself to a...
A Quickie Up the Tunnel
It's officially the shortest day today. I HATE this time of year with a passion, the cold, the wet and above all the dark, I really struggle to keep myself going at this time of year. The idea of drinking a whole jar of 'shine' and laying out on the freezing grass in...
Christmas Came Early
Years ago I started keeping bonsai as a nice quiet distraction from a hectic lifestyle. For years I struggled with how slow everything moved, plants are indolent in relation to dragsters and big motorcycles. In time I came to terms with the pace of bonsai life and...
A Busy Week at Kaizen Bonsai
As you might expect with the Big C on the horizon this week has been a busy one at KB. Everyone is doing a good job and pulling their weight so I had a chance to pull my, not inconsiderable, weight out to the workshop and passed the time digging some holes. Anyone who...
A Fun Couple of Days.
If you stop by here from time to time and listen to my dribblings you will be familiar with the fact we are always busy. It has been said that I have the best job in the world, mucking about with bonsai all day and getting paid. ANYONE who runs a business in the UK...