Category Archives: General Interest
xmas rose in flower.
This is a xmas present from my wife and oldest son. It feels like a long time ago now, but looking now it was worth the wait!
New display !
After clearing my decked area, the BBQ that we never used, I made a few small tables . These are to help spread out my trees, and to make better use of this space. Now with trees. Sorry about the … Continue reading
To much wine ?
At the Bonsai school a few weeks ago I had , what I thought, was a few glasses of wine. This I enjoyed. Then Taxi home and Ian’s lovey wife picked me up the next morning for the workshop. This … Continue reading
Ben’s place.
After our visit to Timpany we followed Ben for a wee nosey around his garden. Wow, what a great garden he has made, this is only 5 years work. With his choice of plants you can clearly see he is … Continue reading
Timpany – Return, for me anyway !
This is my secoud visit to a great Nurserie in as many weeks. As you can see Allison,Ian and Ben came along as well. Some photes of the gardens this time, the plants will follow in another blog this week.
Plant named !
I have been growing this plant for at least 7-10 years. I got this as a very small cutting from another Bonsai guy. It flowers like this for most of the summer, but I never really new it’s name or … Continue reading
Just what he needs !
Just last Sunday Ian ask if I could lend a hand to dig a few trees up. These had been in the ground for at least 13 years. Sadly the guy who owned these was downsizing his collection. Once back … Continue reading
Another cake.
This Cake is for a Pokémon fan, I think it turned out very colourfull.
Birthday Cake with a difference!
This is the cake,as I said, with a difference. It’s a one year old’s cake and now he is going to totally destroy his cake. But while he is having a ball he will be doing this in a photographers … Continue reading
Garage workshop.
Ian,Ben and I had a little saturday afternoon working at a few trees. Ben learnt a bit more about carving and I helped Ian dewire a tall Larch of his. Sorry their only a few photos, I getting more like … Continue reading