This is another Hawthorn I worded on on Saturday, collected from a hedge a few years ago using a digger and now well established in a pot. Some amazing deadwood that will now be protected. Branch selection and some basic placing done. Raffia on a few of the heavy branches to get the right placement. Leader left to grow free to help with taper. This will be another great tree in a few years time.

Jul 20 2014

More on Pots

Cheers to Mario who shared this on Facebook and brought it to my attention. Makes you appreciate pots a little more.

and a few others on the channel to keep me busy 🙂

Jul 20 2014

Initial workings #1 Pyracantha

I had the pleasure of working on this tree yesterday.

This Pyracantha was a beast collected from a garden a few years ago. It was time to do some branch selection and a little placement with wire where it was required. First though we had to define what was alive on the trunk and define the veins. Most of the trunk was dead but it had two live veins and an impressive base once we uncovered it. Bark was removed from the dead areas but no detailed carving was done for now. The top of the chop would was removed as this wont be needed in any final design. A repot in the Spring and this tree is well on the way to being one of the most impressive Pyracantha I have seen.

Jul 17 2014

Another Milestone, Not that I noticed!

At some point in the last few weeks I passed the 2000 subscribers mark on Youtube. I try and share anything of interest on there either from my own exploits or some of what the Club gets up too. Hard to get a balance, sometimes what’s popular is the last thing I’d expect! I have over 100 videos up there now! Youtube is a real strange community at times but a very useful tool all the same. I always look forward to the Bonsai Art of Japan Series additions and of course Mr Potters creations.

Anyway, thanks to all those who liked what they saw enough to hit subscribe, and also to that person who always hits the dislike button, you make me smile 🙂

Click on the image to visit the channel, hit like or dislike, I really don’t care 🙂

Jul 16 2014

Stone Monkey in Action

Trying to take a bigger interest in pots and sat glued to this. Thanks for taking the time Andy.

Jul 15 2014

Foot Warmer

My constant shadow these days is Maggie, my Springer Spaniel.

Always wants to be at my feet, no matter what I’m doing. Sometimes that means getting a little messy 🙂

Jul 14 2014

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Hosta – Mouse Ears

Jul 11 2014

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Shamrock Accent

Jul 10 2014

Holiday Care Time Again

It’s that time of year when I get a few extra trees in my garden! I’m looking after 3 collections at the minute while friends are on holiday. It adds to the watering time but I must admit that I like looking at something different for a while too. Main problem is space but as long as the hose reaches, Ill cope 🙂

Here are some that arrived this week.