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Per Aspera Ad Astra.
Living in modern Britain is not easy. We have always been a country that lurches from one crisis to the next but at this moment it does appear we are in a state of flux. That makes us feel uneasy and the more bone idle one is the worse the feeling will be. Many have become used to living the good life of rest and ease. It appears to me those days are over. Our country presents some fantastic opportunities just now but that's going to require work on our part if we hope to benefit. As always opportunity comes in overalls. There are few things in life that are certain, as Benjamin Franklin...
Bonsai. It’s All About The Trees!
Warning: Pretentious opinionated bullshit follows! I am not the first to say, of late, that the world has gone insane. To be fair planet earth is just fine and carries on much as it always has done with it’s ups and downs, it’s the bit that we humans inhabit that’s gone nuts. Personally I no longer feel the construct we have created for ourselves is worthy of habitation. In fact it looks a lot like we will create our own mass extinction within the next cup-full of decades and not by the means the media and politicians would have you believe. That will sort out climate change and the...
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Anyone Want a Hernia?
Since the beginning of June I have taken over 1500 pictures of trees that are for sale on the website. Every time it feels like I am coming to the end of the task i find another bunch of stuff that still needs listing. It's taking me forever and has entirely take over...
Ebay Auction Clearance Stock
It's that time of the year again where we have to clear out some odds and ends. We currently have a few auction listings on Ebay, please go and bid on them we are losing a wedge of cash on these which makes me sad 🙁 G.
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...