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Next bonsai video and new upcoming format
We are entering autumn/fall little by little. Slowly days are getting shorter and colder. Autumn can be everything from wet, windy, and warm to sunny, silent, and cold. In the next episode, released Thursday, October 8, we focus on watering, feeding, and fungal diseases. Added…
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Bonsai Scots pine styling
Dear readers of my blog. I hope you enjoy the upcoming autumn/fall, despite the Corona still being around. In Thursday’s episode (online from September 24th) I continue the work on a Scots pine collected in Sweden more than three years ago. Continuing the development from…
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The beauty of Scots pines
The beauty of Scots pines has grown on me. I usually say I do not have preferences about which species I prefer for bonsai. But I have to admit that the Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris, is trying to be on top of that non-existing list…
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Hot, hot, hot bonsai
It heats up around here. Watering three times a day at the moment. Hot weather demands extra care for the bonsai, and moving them around to avoid leaf burns is what I do these days. A few leaves edge dried on one Japanese maple, but…
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Bonsai Seasons Podcast premiere – My story
Now you can also listen to bonsai. At least hear me rambling about bonsai. A little narcissist beginning talking about myself, and my approach to bonsai. Podcasts will be published occasionally. Hope you will enjoy it.
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Kisetsu-en Bonsai Online
We are relaunching the Bonsai Online streaming service soon. There clearly is a need for bonsai online instructions these days. We expand the tutorials with a wider range of bonsai covered, so both medium-large to small shohin are subjects for seasonal care, styling, and techniques.…
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Black Scissors online demo April 19
On April 19 I will take part in the worldwide online bonsai event arranged by the Black Scissors Bonsai movement. Considering the present condition of COVID-19 which encouraging people to stay home and work at home, we have planned a live bonsai demo around the…
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Buy a book – this one
Don’t know what to do during quarantine? Read a book. It might as well be this one 🙂 “Shohin – Through the seasons” is written with the aim of guiding bonsai enthusiasts through the seasonal changes and applying the right techniques at the right time. The…
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Developing and correcting a Shohin bonsai
Patience with bonsai is a well known subject. Developing a Shohin bonsai through 14 years pays off when the plan is right. I always lowed the rough bark at the Cork bark elm, Ulmus parvifolia Corticosa. It was mainly because of this feature I back…
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Shohin bonsai preparations and Vlog 17
Slowly the autumn moves forward. Temperatures drops and it is time to stop feeding the trees. I remove all used organic fertilizers at this time to let the trees slowly slow down and get ready for dormancy. Deciduous trees will slowly turn their leaves into…
