Originally posted on hermosabonsai:
I picked this one up at a local nursery in Wollongong. It had really really nice natural taper and some branches to work with. The soil in the pot above was almost like mud. No good. First I re potted it into a new blue pot. It’s about the size of my fist. I potted straight into this pot as I… Continue reading Ficus Microcarpa Progression
Originally posted on hermosabonsai:
Making a bonsai grow its roots over a rock is sometimes a good way to introduce style and creativity to a tree. It can take anywhere from a year to two to do this technique and can be done with young or old trees. Any rock or material can be used to grow the tree on, as long as it is… Continue reading Making a Root on Rock Style Ficus
Originally posted on Bonsai Kas: Bonsai, drawings, scale models and more:
So well then you finally go to Japan like you dreamt about for the majority of your mature life. Obviously seeing bonsai and gardens is a big part. Me, being the retard I am, off course had to go to Omiya on the ONE day in the week everything is closed there. I could hit… Continue reading Bonsai Japan
Michael Hagedorn This is a small Rocky Mountain Juniper which its owner has nicknamed ‘Twisty.’ We were joking that this is not unlike calling your cat ‘Kitty’… simple, obvious, and hard to forget. I collected this tree years ago and have the joy of continuing to work on it occasionally- ‘Twisty’, the Rocky Mountain Juniper undergoing a bit of primping, sweet talking, and coddling this … Continue reading Tree Prep for the National Show-
Originally posted on Adam's Art and Bonsai Blog:
Where’s my chisel??I’m thinking that this tree needs to be in this rock. What about you?? It’ll fit. I’m sure of it. Maybe.?I have experience putting big things into small places…… I know how to work my tool.?That, my friends, is a DEWALT 4 1/2 Inch Compact Small Angle Grinder – 11 Amp, 11,000 RPM, Paddle… Continue reading Stuck between a rock and a bonsai
Originally posted on Cape Sable Birding:
Sat watching the rain running down the window panes, heavy blatter by the Rain Gods scale (see Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy triology, book four I think), I started to look through my shorebird photos from Nova Scotia, all taken in 2015. I do this from time to time so that I can make a mental note of what… Continue reading Shorebirds in pictures
Originally posted on Hermanus Bird Club:
? By John Bowman Just over a month ago, a story was posted to our website about a Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin (Rooistert-wipstert), seen at Zeekoevlei, the first time this bird has ever been seen in South Africa. The Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin (Rooistert-wipstert) at Zeekoevlei, photographed by John Bowman. Are we twitchers? Well, sort of. Sheelagh and I don’t travel… Continue reading You can become a twitcher on Thursday
World Shorebirds Day September 6 – http://www.birdscalgary.com/2016/08/25/world-shorebirds-day-september-6/ Continue reading WORLD SHOREBIRD DAY September 6 2016.
Valavanis Bonsai Blog Plans are finalizing to display over 300 bonsai in the 2016 5th US National Bonsai Exhibition on September 10-11, 2016, in Rochester, New York. We have truck loads of fine bonsai from the Pacific Northwest, Bay Area of California, Texas and Florida. They will all be carefully transported to Rochester where each specimen will be formally shown, a few in unconventional innovative … Continue reading Only 15 Days Until The Finest Exhibition Of Bonsai In The United States
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