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Magical Winter Appearance.
I don't get out much, I just work. These days it's even hard to get out into the garden during daylight hours. Once you know bonsai well winter is largely THE best time of year. All is quiet with the trees resting and displaying their magical winter appearance. One of my favourite trees this time of year is Chinese elm that usually finish dropping their leaves in February. The biting east wind of last week certainly did it for this lovely old elm. I featured this tree on my blog previously - 44,000 Hours Well Spent – Growing Bonsai Trees So now without leaves it's easy to appreciate the time...
Graham Potter Does a Bit of Bonsai Work – New Video
So my Christmas holiday was a bit of a busman's. Spent four days up to my knackers in sawdust and wire and then three days sitting in front of a screen editing this new video. Now, as a reward I have over 250 orders to get out so 15 hour days until end of January. I am beginning to think this holiday nonsense just aint worth the squeeze. So enjoy the video, it might be some time before I can do another. Happy new year all and if you have an order with us please hang in there, we're on it. Graham.
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That’s All Folks! An End of Year Ramble
The old saying goes 'All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy'. Which, I guess, makes me the dullest of all. Early next year my daughter turns 23 and the last time I went on holiday was two or three years before she was born. I have a few reasons for that, firstly...
That’s Not Bonsai….
When you get through as many trees as we do in the course of a year there is a tendency to become decidedly unimpressed with a lot of it. This time of year I will be very happy to have cleared out all of our little Chinese elms. I started at 4am yesterday packing the...
Help. What’s This?
After 25 years mucking about with plants I am pretty good at identifying species. I also have a penchant for unusual types and have got myself in all sorts of trouble gathering up strange trees. However I am currently stumped. I bought this tree off a price list where...
My Favourite Things – New Delivery
There are two things in life I really love. Big V8 engines and Scots pines. Ying and Yang, perfect balance. This morning we took delivery of some awesome scotties and as I sit here now all I can see out of the window is my favourite things 🙂 The truck isn't for sale...
Larch week
It's a rare day indeed that I get to work on trees. In fact I do less bonsai work now than when I had a proper job. However we recently had a quiet few days and that coincided with a light frost and all the larch dropped at once. Perfect timing to get some trees done....
Awesome!
Somewhere along the line I got saddled with the tag of being a wood carver in bonsai. For sure all my first trees were carved but that was only because I was too poor (and tight fisted) to buy good material. Once I got the hang of it everyone wanted to see how it was...