Grabbed a few photos of my Fuji Cherry today. Had to be today as this year sees it pushing leaves after the flower very quickly. It’ll need a trim after flowering but the vigour this year seems to be even stronger than previous years.
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Bonsai Blogs Bundle
I have a Google Reader Bundle Link on my Bonsai Bloggers link page that allows anyone to view my favourite Bonsai Blogs. It was kindly pointed out to me that one of the blogs had been hacked and some absolute rubbish was being added that was spoiling the fun for everyone viewing.
I have therefore created a new bundle for 2012 and changed the link. You can now view 180 bonsai blogs. Some are more active than others but all are worth a look. You can either save this link and view at your leisure or, if you have google reader, just add this bundle to your subscription list.
Click on the image below to view. You can also find this as a permanent feature at the bottom of my side bar. If you want your blog added to the list just ask.
Bonsai eejit on Tour BSA 2012 Part 3
The final one from the trip.
Yesterdays Walk under Blue Sky
Some may think it strange to mention a blue sky. but it’s a real rarity here! I think it’s now safe to say that Spring has arrived. Plenty of flowers to share. Here’s the usual offering of photos to entice you to the Ards Peninsula.
Bonsai eejit on Tour BSA 2012 Part 2
The second instalment. If you don’t like the music, tough 🙂 I think they’re a class act 🙂
Bonsai eejit on Tour BSA 2012 Part 1
Part 1 of 3. Would have added these earlier but YouTube uploading is being an arse!!
Happy St Patrick’s Day
Happy St Paddy’s Day Folks
Beautiful sunny day here, snapped a few of the flowers in my Dad’s garden.
Bespoke Bonsai Stands
John Brocklehurst, as well as exhibiting at the weekend, also had a trade stand. His beautiful ji ita boards could be seen all over the exhibit stands. One was kindly loaned to me for my accent.
This was his display.
John also made a great double act with Mr Warren during the auction. Here’s Trev and Trev in action 🙂
Who dropped one??!! 🙂
Visit John’s Blog by clicking the image below.
Stone Monkey Ceramics
Another trader at the weekend was Andy Pearson aka Stone Monkey Ceramics. Andy’s pots looked great. I was jumping between all the potters trying to find a pot for a Cotoneaster that I have and I was unable to get the right size and shape. [same old story] I have loads of Walsall pots and even a few Ian Baillie ones too. I decided that I wanted a Stone Money pot and the one I liked and needed the most was in the auction! I managed to get it 🙂
Don’t take my word for it, go and see how good the pots are for yourself, just click the image below.
Potting Up
On our return from the collecting trip we made a start to the potting up. Well, Phil and I did 🙂 Stephen starts late and finishes early!! He kept talking about needing some sleep, you’d think he had worked all night before coming out collecting 🙂
This was my garage before Phil and I started. I wanted to cry, totally knackered after the weekend away and a full day humping tress down a mountain!!
We started with the Spruce. They were potted into Sphagnum moss specially imported from Willowbog for the job 🙂
We worked until we were seeing double and called it a night. Stephen came back the following day and we finished off the remaining Larch. This is what greeted us in the garage, only 12 Larch left. Not a lot of photos taken here as it was a hassle taking gloves on and off!
The tunnel was emptied out to make room for the new arrivals and we managed to fill it.
It was good to see trees out again after their Winter protection, albeit rather haphazardly dumped onto benches!!
I’ll keep you posted with how these trees progress or die 🙂 I think we should be successful with most. One very nice Spruce had little root and we expect it to die but you never know!!
Bonsai Eejit 