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Planting Bonsai in the Ground - Nature?s healer
2007-07-24 22:19:00 Planting a bonsai tree in the ground is the best thing you can do for a sickly tree in a pot. fact. I have tried many many different techniques but found this to be the best option for you if you think your tree is dead or has lost all it’s leaves. More About: Nature , Tips , Ground , Bonsai , Round
Aberdulais Waterfalls - Untouched by Man
2007-07-22 15:13:00 I live quite close to Aberdulais Waterfall s, known to a lot of people as Glyn-Neath Waterfalls . It is part of the Brecon Beacons National Park and is therefore protected from development. There are some clumps of planted forestry here and there but the interesting part is the natural woodland that surrounds the falls. It is ... More About: Photo , Fall , Falls
Bonsai Books - Are They Worth the Money?
2007-07-20 20:23:00 Books are the best thing since sliced bread. But ebooks are the latest and greatest invention. They give us so much information at the touch of a button. But are they really a better resource than real paper books? There are great bonsai books out there just waiting to be snatched ... More About: Books , Money , Tips , Bonsai , Worth
How to Collect Trees - with 99% chance of survival
2007-07-19 21:15:00 Collecting trees is harder than you might think. As soon as a tree leaves the ground it gets stressed out and moisture loss quickly occurs. The key to collecting trees is to minimize this stress that it receives as little as possible. There are a number of different ways to do this. More About: Tips , Chance , Trees , Survival , Coll
Redwood as Bonsai (part 2)
2007-07-17 08:32:00 I have come to a decision about my dawn redwood. I cut off about a foot or two of branches to bring it down to 6 foot tall. I think it might still be too big but I’m going to leave it as it is for now so I can think about it ... More About: Bonsai , Part , Pruning
Yamadori Hawthorn Bursts Back to Life (part 2)
2007-07-16 21:29:00 My hawthorn continues to grow now that it is in the ground. Being in the ground seems to be so much better for the tree as opposed to being in the pot. It must be a lot more stressful in a pot than being in the ground. It is probably something the ... More About: Life , Back , Part , Thor , Amador
Redwood as Bonsai (part 1)
2007-07-15 16:17:00 As you may have noticed from previous posts I am growing a redwood seedling to use as bonsai. The problem with growing trees from seed is that you are 65 when they finally look good. Today I bought a very large dawn redwood to use as bonsai. It’s got to be about ... More About: Bonsai , Part
Yamadori Hawthorn Bursts Back to Life
2007-07-13 09:11:00 Finally my old collected Hawt horn has come back to life. In the past few days a few buds have started sprouting and things are looking up for it. I think it’s helped it’s recovery having it planted in the ground. There is a bit of bad news however… The buds only seem to be forming lower ... More About: Life , Back , Thor , Amador
Hidden Valley of Porth-Yr-Ogof
2007-07-12 22:09:00 We went to Porth-Yr-Ogof yesterday to do a spot of caving. For those who don’t know, it is a very large cave system in Wales which contains the largest unsupported cavern in Europe and 2 miles of tunnels. The valley around the cave is like something out of Jurassic park. It contains a lot of ... More About: Photo , Hidden , Valley
Biggest Bonsai Tree on Earth
2007-07-10 18:09:00 Today I acquired a gigantic wooden box from work previously used as a base for a dog kennel. The dimensions are 36 inches by 30 inches! Alright so there’s no bonsai in it at the moment but I’m going to have fun trying to find one big enough to fit it. I told the guys ... More About: Photo , Earth , Bonsai , Tree
Difficulties Working With Evergreens
2007-07-09 08:01:00 Evergreens to me such as junipers, cypress and Spruce seem to me to be harder to work on than leafy trees. I don’t know why this is, but it is harder to work them out as to whether they will sprout back or not when cut. Deciduous, leafy trees are my favorite to work with ... More About: Evergreen , Working , Diff , Workin
Live Earth - Amazing Concert, Missed the Point
2007-07-08 11:03:00 I watched live earth for quite a long time yesterday. There were some amazing bands on there. However the presenters seemed to miss the point of it all. Especially in the UK they seemed to be debating the fact over whether globabl warming was real or not and not how to stop ... More About: Earth , Concert , Live , Amazing , Point
Live Earth
2007-07-06 22:43:00 Live Earth is happening this weekend. It is 10 different concerts all over the world which are rasing awareness of global warming and the fact that we need to stop it. It starts online tonight at 2.10am and lasts a whole 24hours! You can watch it at their website Live Earth or it’s on BBC ... More About: Weather , Live
Ever Expanding Collection
2007-07-05 18:49:00 How many can one man amass before he has too many bonsai? Sometimes I fear that I have too many trees in my collection. I have about 15 nice bonsai and 20 or 30 sticks in pots and in the ground. Even though I have that many bonsai I still have a list of ones ... More About: Coll
Collecting Trees From the Wilds - Part 3
2007-07-04 21:58:00 Today I put my yamadori ash bonsai into a training pot. I saved a large steel bucket from a skip to use as a training pot to make sure the roots don’t spread too much. As you may know, I haven’t long had the tree. Usually with yamadori you need to keep ... More About: Photo , Tips , Trees , Part , Part 3
Making Bonsai
2007-07-03 21:25:00 To make a bonsai you need the following: An interesting small shrub or tree A shallow bonsai pot Imagination More About: Tips , Bonsai , Maki , Makin
Old Oak Tree Photo
2007-07-02 08:02:00 Paul Saunders has posted a very interesting picture on his Wilderness Wales Weblog entitled The Old Oak Tree . Regular readers will know of my unnatural obsession with oak trees. It looks as if it’s from a faraway exotic country, have a look. More About: Photo
Is Too Much Rain Bad For Bonsai?
2007-07-01 12:26:00 It’s the first of July and it’s been raining for at least 2 or three weeks fairly solid. It’s hard to ignore as it’s there constantly at the moment. A lot of the country has been flooded in the past few days because of the bad weather. (more…) More About: Rain , Bonsai
Pic of the Day - Bald Cypress
2007-06-30 19:36:00 The Bald Cypress (otherwise known as the Swamp Cypress) is an incredible looking tree. When turned into a bonsai it becomes even more impressive. It lives in swamps in Florida and grows large “knees” at it’s base. Picture found at Bonsai North Shore also home of the gigantic Twister More About: Photo , The D , Ypres
Think Before You Snip
2007-06-29 20:54:00 It’s very important to think carefully before you cut off a branch! Remember that you can only make this choice once! It may sound a bit stupid but it’s amazing how many times I have cut something off and thought “hang on, maybe it would have been better where it was…”. More About: Fore
What is Penjing?
2007-06-28 21:49:00 Penjing is where bonsai has it’s roots from. It is a landscape of rocks and trees instead of a single tree as the standard bonsai form. Put simply, it’s a landscape in miniature. Penjing is very important to bonsai because bonsai is actually a refined version of the art. When we add ... More About: Jing
Stop Unwanted Wire Cuts
2007-06-27 21:58:00 Sometimes quite a bit of pressure needs to be applied to a branch to get the desired effect. This can often cause unwanted unsightly wire scars which can take years for the tree to grow back to normality A good tip to stop your wiring cutting into the branches and trunk is to wrap a small ... More About: Stop , Wire , Wiring , Wanted , Cuts
Most Hated Bonsai
2007-06-26 19:37:00 Most trees and shrubs are excellent for bonsai. For others however it is a constant struggle to stay alive. There is one tree I hate more than any other…. More About: Bonsai
How to Make Your Bonsai Grow Big
2007-06-25 18:18:00 A common misconception with bonsai is that they need to be very small to be good. This is completely untrue. If you look at top bonsai artist’s trees you will see that their best ones are actually very big. The problem is that growing a bonsai big while it’s in it’s pot is quite hard ... More About: Tips , Bonsai , Make , Grow
Dancing With the Hippies
2007-06-19 13:32:00 I am going away to Glastonbury for a few days to dance with the hippies… Don’t do anything until I get back. See you all next week! Adam More About: Dancing , Hippies
Can Trees Reverse Global Warming?
2007-06-18 20:57:00 Scientists are contemplating the idea that trees could start to reduce the effects of global warming. The extra CO2 in the air which trees and other plants depend on to survive could make them thrive even more and give out more oxygen than usual. This is by no way proven, but it is ... More About: Science , Global Warming , Global , Trees , Verse
Inspired to Create - (Part 3)
2007-06-17 17:59:00 I made a few modifications to my hawthorn/blackthorn project today. It is coming along nicely, starting to bud and grow again. I noticed that instead of the trunks working their way together they are pushing each other apart. They would grow together eventually in years and years to come but I’m not prepared to wait that long! Also I want it to look more natural looking as if it were just one trunk. (more…) More About: Part , Part 3 , Inspire , Create , Inspired
Pic of the Day - Leafy Oak
2007-06-15 21:36:00 Here is a photo of a very large oak tree near my house. It is leafing all over at the moment trying to decide where to grow it’s next branches from. More About: The D
Bonsai Fanatics Unite
2007-06-14 07:32:00 As you may have noticed, I am a little obsessed with bonsai and trees. Just how fanatical are you about your bonsai? For most of us it is a hobby which keeps us entertained (and out of trouble!). For others it is a way of life which includes working with them all day, going to ... More About: Bonsai , Fanatics , Attitudes , Unit
Tree Seeds for Sale
More articles from this author:2007-06-13 18:32:00 I am thinking of offering tree seeds for sale soon on the Bonsai Art website. They will be cheap to buy and I hope to offer quite a wide variety. I will be selling them not only in the UK but hope to post them abroad for slightly more postage and packing price. I should ... More About: For Sale , Sale , Tree , Seed , Seeds 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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