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Mame bonsai experience
The smallest bonsai are often the easiest to handle when it comes to cutting and pinching. A bit more demanding when we talk caretaking. In a few minutes, you can prune such a small tree. You can hold it in your hand and turn it…
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Dead or alive wood?
Deadwood at bonsai is an important feature to show age. It must be done right though to work and not distract or look odd. Six months it has taken to develop a piece of deadwood so it could be formed and dry up natural. Watch…
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Free blog posts and bonsai tutorials in 8 languages
We discovered a bug that made blog posts only available for members and that was not intended. The bug is gone, and all blog pots are of course free to read. Let us know if you find a blog post restricted for members and we…
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Almost Friday 12
News from the garden and looking into July. Enjoy the video. [arve url=”https://vimeo.com/566931473″ loop=”no” muted=”no” /]
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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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Bonsai weekend ahead and Almost Friday 9
We are looking into the summer period. We do that with episode 9 of Almost Friday at Kisetsu-en. Please enjoy. [arve url=”https://youtu.be/ZksML5-FPr4″ loop=”no” muted=”no” /]
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Almost Friday 8 is online
After having some real website problems today we are back. You may not have noticed, but technicians had to dig deep to find some severe bugs and kill them. Bugs is not the subject for this Almost Friday episode. Instead, we look into how you…
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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…
