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Yew bonsai pinching season
Spring means growth. Lots of growth. Especially with this seasons warm weather blessing us with sun and heat. It is about being on time with pinching, so especially shohin do not outgrow themselves, unless you need strength and extending branch length. My old shohin bonsai European…
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Morning lights
The nice thing about being up early (if you can’t sleep anyway) is the quietness and light. I really enjoy taking a tour around the garden in the morning, viewing bonsai setting new growth rapidly at this time of the year. At the moment…
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Forrest Grump
Don’t mention the war. Don’t mention the grumpy old men. Well. I do it anyway. No offence intended (not much at least). But please take it positively. I just wonder why there are so many (not only in the bonsai world) grumpy old men. There…
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Spring break bonsai video
NEW SERIES OF BONSAI VIDEO Buds are bursting like crazy these days. New growth is breaking through and I am crazy busy producing new videos for our members. We will deal with the always popular issue: How do I make a bonsai from raw material?…
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Busy bonsai spring
Spring is always busy. Bonsai repotting, acquiring new pots and new material for future bonsai and so on. Probably one of the most enjoyable times of the year. Looking forward to the growing season. This year the bonsai garden will be expanded a little and…
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Springtime?
Spring has been strange recent years. Stranger than normal. Now we wait for the spring snow to disappear and warmer weather to enter the property. Come on please. 🙂 Pictures from a white garden that should be green.
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Art and bonsai relationships
Bonsai art and traditional art brought together. Bonsai art doesn’t have to stand alone as a separate art form. For years sculptures have been exhibited at galleries and art museums in connection with paintings. It is, for me, a natural thing blending art forms like…
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Bonsai workshop night
We actually worked more than speaking (gossiping). That’s true. Concentrated on giving my Pinus mugo the first initial styling after six years of focusing on back budding. I will get back with the story of that tree later. Torben working on a Scots pine and…
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Bonsai demo in India
The bonsai demo in India at the Bonsai Namaste event, was conducted by 17 international bonsai artists. Every day throughout the four days three artists and assistants were on stage. The material was mainly tropical and Junipers. For some of us artists a bit difficult,…
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Finding the right bonsai pot
One of the fun things about repotting bonsai in spring, is the possibility to select a new pot for a tree. You can change pots during the season if roots are left undisturbed an it is a necessity for an exhibition. But then you can’t…
