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Season of Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness

Posted on September 16, 2018 by

I have just seen how long it is since I updated my own blog, I’ve been busy doing the Somerset Crafts Facebook and the Taunton and Somerset Bonsai Club website as well as a few health issues,at they say, to … Continue reading →

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Customer from the past cheers old artist up.

Posted on July 4, 2018 by

Received this  most cheering email this week from  Nichaolas Earley a voice from the past when I was first selling my work in my first studio up forty odd steps of the stairs at Crispin Hall in Street “I came … Continue reading →

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Larch group on the cheap

Posted on June 21, 2018 by

At the begining of 2016 I invested a few pounds in a bundle of bare rooted Larches of various sizes purchased on the internet from a company that is kind enough to consider very small quantities –Beechwood Nurseries in Co … Continue reading →

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R.I.P. Ken Dodd one of my old customers

Posted on March 20, 2018 by

Sadly passed away on the 11th March one of our great comedians who worked in the tradition of the music halls.  Aged 90 he performed from 1954 until 2017.  Ken Dodd gave me one of his cards and I sold … Continue reading →

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Last Snows of Winter 2018

Posted on March 19, 2018 by

  At the end of February I had started re-potting some of my trees not knowing that winter still had some surprises in store for us even here in Somerset. I think it was on the 1st or 2nd of … Continue reading →

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R.I.P. Marcus a real Somerset Character

Posted on March 5, 2018 by

What seem like long ago at the begining of this century I spent quite a time at a cider orchard in Lower Edgarley at the foot of Glastonbury Tor where I had the honour of meeting one of Glastonbury’s great … Continue reading →

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Blue Leaf Bonsai Acer Fraud

Posted on October 1, 2017 by

I know it seems odd to anyone who has grown bonsai for any length of time but outside that circle there are people who log on to Ebay and come across this interesting specimen the  Blue Japanese Maple Bonsai Acer … Continue reading →

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Juniper Phase 4

Posted on August 24, 2017 by

To think that I only acquired this Juniper in February and above  is what it looked like in March after the first  drastic cut and now it looks like this. So it must be Phase 4 by now surely? Through … Continue reading →

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Atlas Blue Cedars, Starter’s Progress

Posted on August 4, 2017 by

               Two Atlas Blue Cedars Purchased Jan 2017 from Kaizen Last Christmas my two sons Ben and Julian gave me gift vouchers for Kaizen Bonsai, many thanks fellas. I spent the following week studying their … Continue reading →

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Juniper Project Phase 3 Continued

Posted on July 28, 2017 by

Now at the end of July the Juniper has put on a healthy burst of growth and is ready for thinning out a bit and wiring even more carefully . Fresh supply of wire to hand and starting work on … Continue reading →

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