As I sit here in front of my computer with heavy snowfall outside my window, I somehow still feel that spring is around the corner. Friends who do bonsai in different part of the world do blogposts about repotting and other spring tasks and I am jealous. But my time will come, in two months […]
The value of a club membership
I believe that I´m a member of the most generous bonsai-club there is. Not that it hands out money to everybody but rather that it doesn´t charge you for anything. Sure, we pay a membership-fee, but it doesn´t have any real value. We´re allowed entrance to exhibitions, demonstrations and workshops, plus a Magazine 4 times […]
Frosty nights and mornings – Steve Tolley Bonsai
Frosty nights and mornings Posted on February 20, 2013 by Steve I hope the latest spate of frosty nights and mornings has not interfered too much with your re potting attempts. From the way my stocks of Akadama and pumice etc have gone down, I guess you are all busy at the moment.As someone who […]
Planning a trip to Japan
As some of you know, I´m going to Japan on a Bonsai-trip in late march. This will be my first trip there so I´m very excited, though I don´t really know what to visit yet. A great help in the plannig process is the really good guide at http://www.bonsaiempire.com/origin/bonsai-japan . I´ve decided on a […]
New video from Bjorvala Bonsai
In the aftermath of our own exhibit, I started to look around on the World wide web for other displays and exhibitions to learn more. There are a few but most photos and videos are not very well done. Fortunately Bjorvala Bonsai comes to the rescue. They have a few videos from Taikan-ten and more […]