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Live Q&A
Check-in and join the meeting. Ask your bonsai questions and hang out with the Kisetsu-en community. Thursday, June 17:00 at 20:00 (UTC +2) Note the time, and match accordingly to your time zone. Some timezones to adjust your clock. Odense (Denmark) 20:00:00 CEST UTC+2 hours London (United…
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Pot show off
I am sorry if the title will end up disappointing you. It is about pots, but as much about showing them as part of the garden. Then something about watering and cleaning pots. But now you are here, feel free to watch Almost Friday at…
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Bonsai dreams versus reality
Learning from books is fine. Learning from magazines is fine. Learning from online tutorials is fine. But when it all comes to an end, the importance of practice and learning through your own experience is maybe the most important and valuable part of your bonsai…
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Watering bonsai in the morning or in the evening?
Singing birds and bees in the bonsai garden witness summertime in the bonsai garden have started nicely. Temperatures rising and intense light from above add more growth to our trees. Also demanding more control and daily care. One of my daily routines is starting the…
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Hawthorn Shohin bonsai
Shohin bonsai can be created from a broad spectre of trees and shrubs. One of the main themes in the Shohin world is the seasonal changes. To display this we need different species. From coniferous to flowering bonsai. The red flowering Hawthorn Every month I…
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Juniper bonsai with big visual change
In 2014 I received a nice gift on a trip to China. A rectangular curved pot for a cascade style bonsai. It came to good use for a tree in my collection a few years ago when I flipped the tree from upward slanting to…
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Bonsai green season
It is the bonsai green season. The colour change on the Mountain maples (acer palmatum) is clear from day to day. It’s the growing season taking over. Gallery at the bottom of this post. Delayed very much this season, yes. But finally, some of the…
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Thanks to the UK Bonsai Association
An online group of 60+ members tuned in yesterday evening to hear me ramble about Shohin bonsai. A great pleasure and even though we had two full hours I didn’t manage to say everything I wanted. Shohin bonsai is so interesting and there is a…
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Zoom in at the little ones
Thursday, May 13 at 19:00 (UTC +2) we meet again This is the second meeting and we build much of the content on your questions. You can send in pictures and questions ahead, or do it live at the Zoom meeting. Your questions are answered…
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Zoom in on bonsai
Sometimes bonsai are getting hit by a virus or bacteria. This week it was my turn to be hit by the feared “man flu”. 😀 Haven’t been that sick for years, and therefore no “Almost Thursday” this week. We get back on track next Thursday…
