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Sticking to what I know during these trying times

This past week has been a very difficult time for me. I am depended entirely on the events industry and with the #corona virus infections escalation in South Africa

Japanday 2020: Young Talent Competition

I was glad to hear that the Japanday 2020 held at Oude Libertas open air theater on 14 May 2020 was not canceled due to the #corona virus outbreak. Although this

Trying to balance work and bonsai

Living a balanced lifestyle is harder than it looks. I know this as I am currently balancing work, family, running and bonsai. This does not seem like it can be

The fruit of your labor

This week I was blessed with two figs on my bonsai tree. They have been on the tree now for some time and I have been waiting for them to be ready to eat. Today

Ceder Basic Maintenance.

Last week I posted a blog about a Ficus tree that I defoliated. To read more on that see the link below: This week I thought I would show how I trimmed a Ceder tree

Ficus defoliation progress

Happy belated new years to all the #steemit guys and gals. Hope you had an eventfull festive season and that you could use this time to rest so that you are ready

Boland Bonsai Kai Annual Club Show 2019

The last few weeks has been amazing. I was once again head of the committee that was responsible for all the arrangements for our club's annual show. Everything

What happened here? Let's cut back on the...

Last week and Friday I decided to take the day off to work on trimming a few of my trees. This turned out to be one of the best decisions that I could have made.

#Bonsaicare : Consistent pruning and the long term effects

Why choose a subject like consistency when talking about pruning you might think. I deliberately chose this topic as I find myself setting things off more and more

The importance of restyling as part of bonsai maintenance. Ceder bonsai restyle.

This past weekend I made time to work on my trees. I trimmed a few trees and cleaned a few of the bonsai benches. As I was working on my trees I saw this Ceder that

Juniper styling video finally done

I feel like I'm getting things done today. #imonfire This is the second video that I have completed in the past couple of days. I posted a blog on this tree about

#BonsaiNews: When monkeys attack, creativity sparks and before you know, roots grow over rocks

BEYOND pissed would not have been applicable to describe just how I felt when I got home last week to find that our local troop of monkeys had once again raided

Quick video before I post the full article on the #winterpruning I did on this Celtis Africana.

I finally committed to work on this tree. It took me a full thirty three minutes to complete the pruning on this tree. I mentioned in a previous blog that I would

#BonsaiNews: An update on some of my plants and trees

LIKE I explained in yesterday's post, time has been somewhat of a luxury for me these last few weeks leaving me with very little of the commodity to do with as I

#BonsaiNews: Crepe Myrtle - the tree, shrub, bonsai that you'll love to have

THERE'S just something splendidly marvelous about the countless variety of Myrtle available - some range from trees to shrubs however, any and all of them can be

#BonsaiNews: A sacred tree rich in history, favored both by gods and spirits and protected by man

IT has been said that Japanese Cherry Blossom trees are sacred - often referred to in Japanese folklore as a tree inhabited by spirits, referred to as 'kami', these

#BonsaiNews: The art of Jin and Shari, an expert's technique at illusion of age [UPDATE]

DEADWOOD or more respectively known as Jin and Shari techniques, is the art of removing evergreen bonsai bark to create a truly characteristic look and feel, making

#BonsaiNews: I want to grow a bonsai forest [Looking for advice]

ONE of the things I've been dying to try and do over the last few years is to grow a forest in a pot - a few Steemians reading this may be thinking: 'What the hell

#BonsaiNews: Grow your own pomegranate tree!

WITH the Winter solstice upon us this June 21, it would be wise to get those pomegranate seeds going right away, especially if you intend to have a fruit bearing

#BonsaiNews: Bonsai is always a 'work in progress'

THIS has got to be one of my greatest faults - I simply do not take 'before' photos and at times, I even forget to take 'after' photos however, at least 'after'