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Pretty Pictures
Seeing as I was having a good bitch and moan last week I thought it would be a good idea to redress the balance with a happy post. Sadly we are not able to trade trees like we have done in years past so the number in the garden is drastically reduced. However the quality, relatively speaking has improved seeing as a lot of the lesser materials have gone. It's been a rank summer here on the east coast with almost constant onshore northerly winds and this has seriously hit our plants. We have also not seen the sun very often so progress has been catastrophically slow. These pic's were snapped...
A Smashing Time
This week I had several tons of Bonsai pots delivered. The experience got me thinking about where we find ourselves and what to expect going forwards. If strong language offends PLEASE do not read further. If you are a bone-idle tired hands please do NOT read further. At some level the past few months have been tough for most everybody. The last thing you need is for me to start griping about how tough my life is. For sure some folk around the world are in a struggle for their very existence, by comparison our 'first world' problems are petty and inconsequential. However, for any number of...
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Summer Sale – 1 Month Only
I don't think many people see the world in the way I do, I have some crazy things going on up there. Unfortunately that leaves me at a bit of a disadvantage when it comes to buying bonsai trees and in particular raw material because I, as it were, "See dead people"....
New Trees Delivery
It's been a few weeks since we had new stock arriving. We have had several weeks where more trees are leaving than are arriving and that bothers me so I bought a few bits to keep me in the right frame of mind. Next week we have a large delivery of trees arriving but...
Help With I.D
For the last twenty-five years I have never had less than a thousand plants in my garden. These days we are moving between fifteen hundred and two thousand plants a year. All told a lot of plants have moved through my hands over the years. To be fair I am pretty crap...
Demo’ Dates Coming Up
Over the next few weeks I have a few dates in the diary. We'd love to see you there and I am always happy to bring orders with me and save you the delivery cost. Just let us know what you need in good time. Tuesday 21 June Middlesex Bonsai Society - Demonstration and...
New Video
Following on from my demo' last weekend one of the club members there (Ian) has posted a video. I had nothing to do with it and it's a bit long winded......or is that me who is a bit long winded? Certainly not our usual stripped down production but for those of you...
Demo’ Result & A Dumb-ass Deal
Last Sunday I rolled out of my sack at four thirty in the morning, glugged a cold cup of coffee and hit the road. I picked up a couple of compadres and we settled in for the long run south to a little place called Herstmonceux, your guess is as good as mine regarding...