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Bitchin-n-Moanin Again
So, anybody that knows me, or our business will know we are always busy. Not busy in the sense most of Britain at work is busy. I don't consider 2 hours work followed by three hours of needless paperwork to be busy. We have one of the lowest outputs per head of working population in the developed world but don't even get me started.... So we ARE busy, in the sweating my arse off sense. Myself and Richard literally move about 1-4 tons of stuff a day each. Moving between our warehouse and getting stuff packed is HARD work and for a fat middle aged bloke that likes a stogie and a beer that's...
Table Sale !
Seeing as everyone has been shut down for the foreseeable future there are no car boots or bonsai bargain basement, knock it out cheap events going on I figured we could host a bonsai table sale. However that's not what you think. In fact it is just a special offer sale of display tables. It's intrinsically against my genetic programming to offer discounts but in this case, through gritted teeth I have to clear out this stuff. Our warehouse looks like some crazy cartoon building that is all distended to the point of exploding. Mr Creosote if you will. I probably paid too much for some of...
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Heathrow Bonsai Show
Last year I posted an entry on here about what a great time we had at the Heathrow Bonsai Show. The event is on again this year bigger and better than ever in a great new venue. Mark informs me there are 18 bonsai clubs involved. Make a note in your diary to be there,...
Pines On Offer CHEAP!
When you buy as many trees and bonsai as I do you invariably get a few oddities. I also buy too much and often pay over the odds for things. I also underestimate the time I have available to turn raw material into desirable bonsai trees. So, from time to time I have...
Show Date Coming Up
This year again we will be supporting the Bonsai Group Enfield's autumn show. We had a great time at this show last year and I would highly recommend going if you can. We are happy to take along any prepaid orders for collection, saving the shipping cost. If you need...
Copper Breakthrough
Who wouldn't love to break through a copper? Especially those who hide in bushes with speed cameras 😉 Anarchic proclivities aside I have good news for those of you who love using copper wire. For a long time now it has only been possible to find good quality...
New Bonsai Video Coming Soon.
I am constantly being asked for new videos. We have been far too busy for months now to do much more than keep on top of the watering. However a quiet few days have enabled us to start on a new feature. Just to whet your appetite here is a pic' of the tree we are...
Re-potting Bonsai A New Trick
I was bought up to be a grafter. I started work at age 13 and have been at it ever since. I left school a dumbass with no more than the highest grade in the history of the school for woodwork. In every other respect I was an academic failure because I just couldn't...