The Kaizen Bonsai Blog by Graham Potter
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Rambling Flummery & Tidings of Comfort and Joy.
As we round out another year i'm sitting here in the gloaming of a late December afternoon staring at an empty text box and a flashing cursor. At this precise moment I have nothing to say though, i doubt that will last long. A little Rambling Flummery & Tidings of Comfort and Joy are therefore in order. My last post in October was, for me, quite a positive one which many folk seem to appreciate. Following the year I have had it's best I keep it that way, focus on the positives because the negative side of the scale is getting a little heavy of late. I could easily 'loose my shit' over...
All Good News!
Thought I would post a quickie just to keep you lovelies updated on what i have been up to this week. For a change it’s ALL good news.
Recent Posts
Ho! Bloody Ho! It’s Christmas!
Ho! Bloody Ho! It's Christmas! So, here we are at the end of another year pretty much, just the excesses of Ho! Bloody Ho! It's Christmas! and new years to endure before we launch into 2024 filled with hopes and dreams. I have never been one for 'marking' days. These...
Busy Few Weeks at Kaizen Bonsai & Video.
You’ll guess from the title of this post that it’s been a Busy Few Weeks at Kaizen Bonsai. Not that we have been selling much particularly, just enough to keep the wheels on.
Japanese Maple Bonsai Pruning Video – New!
So, that being the case I thought it was high time I put together some information on the aforementioned in video form and so here is YET another video, i’m really on a roll at the moment.
Graham & Kevin Willson’s First Bonsai Creation Collaboration
Well it’s taken me the best part of three long weeks but the latest bonsai video is now available online completely free because I am such a lovely generous philanthrope
Scot’s Pine Video
Scot’s Pine Video
Bonsai & Bleeding Trees
So what’s all this got to do with bonsai? Bleeding bonsai, or more specifically trees that bleed when they are pruned. Over the years





