Originally posted on Robert Nocher Shohin Bonsai:
The early season work on my small trees usually involves cleaning the moss and grime from the trunk, refining jins and sharis and re-potting if necessary. The first up today is a shohin hawthorn that was re-potted last year. I wanted to do a little refining on the V cut to give it a more natural appearance. This is how… Continue reading Seasonal Work on Shohin Hawthorns
Originally posted on Michael Hagedorn:
For a few years I didn’t know what to do with this tree. I’d collected it with Anton Nijhuis on Vancouver Island, Canada, and remembered all too well the long, thick, stick-like root that would make putting it in a small pot one of forcing it to be there. Which isn’t a happy solution. So it ended up on a small… Continue reading Shore Pine…on a Metal Post…
Originally posted on roncorylus:
I set out this morning hoping to do some bird-watching along the Swartrivier road. First stop was at the iron bridge, where I was lucky to see a pair of Cardinal Woodpeckers. Then on to the gravel and a Black Crake revealed itself. All was going well, but then I spotted a marshal in the road and realised that I was… Continue reading Epic Birding
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