Mar 16 2011

Full Sun Today

The little yellow flower on my accent plant opened in the full sun today and I must say, it looks like a full sun itself 🙂

I didn’t clear a bit of dust from the camera lens today and the blur kind of looks like a glow in this one.

This is another accent, just moss but nice.

Mar 16 2011

Near the end…

It’s near the end for the flowers on my Fuji Cherry. The green leaves are showing through. I took the opportunity today in the sunshine to take a few last flower photos for this season. Every time I set it down there was a flurry of flower petals floating about.

Here you can just see a little adventurous bud appearing on the root base. I’ve rubbed it off now, but it’s a good sign of strong growth to come.

Mar 16 2011

New Bloggers added on Links Page

I’ve just added a few more Bloggers on the Links tab for those of you on the lookout for more inspiration.

Bonsai Bloggers

Mar 15 2011

Sunshine Accent

Someone gave me this little accent plant a few years back. It flowers in the Spring and then the leaves appear. Usually the slugs eat the flower before it’s opened but I have it surrounded by pellets this year! I don’t have a clue what it’s called. Happy to be told what it is. I was told it came from Japan. The flower bud opening is like a little bit of sunshine, and Japan could do with that at the moment.

Mar 14 2011

You Tube Offering

Just browsing through my subscriptions on You Tube before tea and watched this monster Spruce being styled. Double Hernia lifting this big fella!! Good styling job by Pavel.

Mar 12 2011

Root over Rock Cotoneaster

I repotted this one a few weeks back and it’s come into leaf very quickly. Flower Buds can even be seen 🙂

Mar 11 2011

Club Meeting

I’m just back from my club’s monthly meeting. I took my son Matthew with me tonight. He’s been showing an interest in Bonsai of late and I would dearly love to be able to hand them on to a family member some time down the line. He really enjoyed his night and now wants his own tools.

It was great to see that spark of enthusiasm in the new members. One chap walked in with a heavy trunked Spirea that he has collected from the garden. I wish I had started off with this sort of material instead of some of the junk I wasted my time on. Some would say I still do 😦

For more photos click this link. http://www.nibonsai.co.uk/2011/03/tonights-meeting/

Mar 11 2011

Thoughts and Prayers for Japan

My thoughts and prayers are with all the people devastated by the earthquake and Tsunami in Japan and around the pacific.

Mar 11 2011

Surely Not!!

The weather forecast says there might be snow tonight, surely not!! I’ve just spent an hour making sure I don’t get caught out. Anything repotted is tucked away.

Whilst I was looking around I noticed a lot of trees that need some attention. Fingers crossed the rain let’s up tomorrow and I can get a bit done.

I managed to get some new Fern screening up this morning before the rain. I ripped down the reed screen that I had been using as a backdrop for my bonsai display area. I was going to change to bamboo as the reeds rot very quickly, then I spotted the fern screening which is hardier and a better colour.

Here’s the old reed screen.

This is it with the reed away.

This is the Fern screen, a better colour that won’t fade either.

This is it mostly up. The rain stopped play. I have one section left to do and then power washer time and a good weeding below the benches.

Off to the NI Bonsai Society meeting tonight. Not really a meeting any more, it’s more of a workshop and that seems to be what people want. The last 3 nights have been packed out the door. I’m wondering if tonight will be quieter with the heavy rain. I’ll have to wait and see.