The Kaizen Bonsai Blog by Graham Potter
The Summer That Was (not) & Upcoming Bonsai Projects
The Summer That Was (not) & Upcoming Bonsai Projects It NEVER ceases to amaze me how you lovely folk are (generally) so impressed with with my silly little blog. I was humbled during my recent visit to Peter Chan’s to receive so many comments on how my dear readers just love to peruse my ranting bullshit. This all started about 1998/9 when I took on the newsletter at our local bonsai club....
Trees, Trees, Trees
Since Brexit became a reality our esteemed leaders have introduced some pointless draconian laws that make it (probably) easier to bring nuclear weapons into the Uk than it does plants. Therefore it's no longer possible for KB to bring in the 1500-2000 plants a year...
Ranting and Raving
I know y'all missed me ranting and raving. So, apropos of nothing other than my own therapy here are my thoughts, revelations and reminiscences for the Easter holidays based on my year so far. Should pass a little time if you are stuck in a traffic cue or airport. No...
With Age Comes Wisdom….Or Not
Oscar Wilde wrote "With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.” Turns out he was right. Scientists have found that growing older is no guarantee of growing wiser, if wisdom is an intuitive knack for grasping basic beneficial behaviours. I’m not sure why it...
Black Friday My Arse!
Black Friday My Arse! Just in case anyone was tempted to ask me about "Black Friday" deals I thought, for once, I would get ahead of the game. If you know me you know what comes next so let me step aside for a moment. Here is an excerpt from an email I received this...
Littered With Contradiction
I'm on safe ground here when I say Bonsai is Littered With Contradiction. But then perhaps it's not the trees fault and it's not inherent in the programme. Nevertheless there are a lot of variables and those can throw us into confusion at times especially where an...
We’ve Got Your Back.
Just a quick update on what's been happening recently here at Kaizen Bonsai world headquarters. It's nice to know that when things are uncertain, to quote a modern idiom ' We've got your back', or at least someone has. None of us really know what's just around the...