A little hornbeam brought to me this week for a reset. Branch structure cleaned up and wired. 
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On the Hunt
Nothing like a day out on the hunt for new material.
Repotting Theory & Practical
The bonsai year is up and running, and it’s re-potting time.
On 2nd March MBC will host a re-potting theory and practical with Ian Young, in Cuan Mhuire Garden Centre, Bruree, County Limerick.
This full day consists of both theory and practice.
Initially Ian will cover the theory of re-potting bonsai trees, addressing;
• does the tree need re-potting & when to do it?
• what pot to choose to match your tree’s needs and how to get it ready.
• what substrates to use and how to prepare them.
• the re-potting procedure, step by step, from tree preparation, to placement & securing to adding substrate and final topdressing.
• how to care for the tree afterwards.
This will be followed by a practical session with all participants repotting trees, either their own, a practice tree or a tree available for purchase. Participants will bring their own materials as…
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Trophy Trees
Here’s a selection of photos from the Trophy.
Aarscholt What Did you call Me?
After Ryanair and the train calling us names, we finally got to the Trophy.
Here’s a few general shots of the day. Good craic good friends good beer.
It’s Time
The Trophy has arrived. Well, almost, I start travelling early tomorrow to spend Friday and Saturday at the Trophy. I’m normally only there for a few hours in and out on the same day. However this year seven of us are heading over together and meeting up with a few other travelling Irish when we get there. Looking forward to seeing old friends and quality trees. Hope to see some of you there. 
Kick Up The Backside
That’s what I need!! I’ve been so neglectful of this blog it’s a disgrace on my part. I’ve been trying to figure out why it’s been a struggle and have came to the following conclusion.
I normally use a proper camera for photos but lately I’ve found myself relying on the phone camera just from a practical point of view. I also sit at the desktop computer a lot less. A combo of these and the hassle of transferring photos that have built up in their hundreds on my phone means I just skip blogging. So, in an effort to sort this I’m going to try and do more blogging via WordPress app on my phone. This one being the first.
As a trial run, here’s some snaps from a one to one session with Ben last week were we did a little repotting and potting up of trees recently dug up from his garden.
1 to 1 with Bonsai Eejit – Large Hinoki
During a two day session with Ian Young, we worked through a few repottings that I would have found challenging alone.
The first was a Hinoki Cypress (Chaemecyparis obstusa ‘Nana Gracilis’) styled about a year previous. It originally was a nursery tree with a lot of crossing and looping roots which had been partially unraveled in a previous re-pot.
Un-typically for a conifer a hose was used to remove grit, peat and field soil to allow us untangle the roosts.
Many roots were shortened where possible, a few removed but despite reducing the apparent bulk of the root ball we managed to retain a really good contingent of roots.
Due to the success of the root preparation work, we were able to put the tree into a much shallower pot than I would have initially expected.
The finished product (on the day) went into my tunnel for some protection during…
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Last 2 workshops of 2018
This gallery contains 7 photos.
Originally posted on Leinster Bonsai Club:
The last 2 workshops with Bonsai Eejit went great and we went through everything from pot selection to displaying trees and deadwood. In the December workshop we held a photoshoot as part of the class where…
2018 38th Nippon Bonsai Taikan Exhibition Part 1
The 38thNippon Bonsai Taikan Exhibition opens tomorrow, November 23 and runs through November 26, 2018 at the Miyako Messe Exhibition Hall in Kyoto, Japan. Shinji Suzuki is the chairman this year and the exhibition is special with several private displays. This is the 30thyear of the Heisei Period, the current era in Japan. In October 2019 Japan will be enthroning a new Emperor which means a new era will begin. Therefor this will be the last Nippon Bonsai Taikan Exhibition in the Heisei Period. There are several new changes and the entire layout is a bit different, many with taller display areas. Quite a bit of advertising has been posted on Facebook and Mr. Suzuki has been writing a series of articles during the past month in a major Kyoto Newspaper.
I’ve been fortunate to have attended and studied nearly 30 of these exhibitions and have…
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Bonsai Eejit 