I pruned back some one gallon rosemary that we're getting out of hand. After I cut them back, I started thinning them to see what I had. These are two of the more interesting trees that I had. To give you a sense of scale, the trees are planted in a si...
These are a few black pine air-layers that I removed today. 5 inches tall, 2 inch nebari.
This is a nice time of year on the Central Coast. The weather is crisp, not cold. The days are short, but the weather is mild. In a few more weeks, things will want to push growth. If we have a warm February things will start to push early. Hopef...
Today was very windy. I started out with my usual weeding. I also was checking the new feature on the i-phone6. It is the health app. What is interesting is how many steps I take in a day. My average is about 13000 steps w...
Last weekend I got a new smart phone,at least it is smarter than me. Now that I have a smart phone, I opened a new Twitter account. Now if you follow me on Twitter , I will be having some spur of the moment sales. So remember to follow me. The account ...
Last year I worked on a cork oak air-layer. The toughest part of the air-layer was getting through the bark. It was a challenge to remove enough of the cork to get to the wood. As you can see from the photo's, I was not successful. Th...
I was doing the usual bonsai nursery chores today. I watered early this morning. I then shipped out some trees. While I was in the middle of going to get one of the trees to ship, I noticed a young hawk starring at me. It was wi...
white ume pink ume San Jose juniper Yatsubusa black pine Today I continued transplanting trees. I placed several 2 and 3 gallon trees into 5 gallon cans. Part of the reason for doing this is to use up the nursery mix. ...
New Year Day has been a special day for our family. We have a big Japanese feast with a lot of our close friends and family. I also want to start out the new year with a special sale. For the month of January I will be having 20 % off on a...
subject tree second cut vertical slits powdered rooting hormone applied finished air-layer Today after the usual weeding and pruning, I decided to work on a project that I had wanted to do for awhile. That is to air-layer a pine o...
The last few days have been spent on weeding. It has begun to cool down a bit and fall is in the air. We are almost caught up on weeding. Yesterday a customer called to prune her black pine. It has been a few years since we pru...
The first intensive with Boon is very eye opening. I have been doing bonsai for about 15 years, however I realize that a lot of what I learned is not applicable in today's bonsai theory. He is a great artist and great teacher. He is a...
Today I got up early to weed a few rows of tree in the field and to water them. The water from the hose actually felt warm compared to the outside temperature. There was a hard frost on the ground this morning. I worked on shipp...
I just got back from Oakland and I am really tired. This weekend started early on Saturday morning. I got up at 6 am to finish planting trees that I started on Friday. Saturday morning was extremely cold, but I had to finish planting ...
Today was another hectic day. I began the day by replanting some trident maples. I changed out last years soil for my new blend of soil for the pre-bonsai trees. The new mix consists of lava cinders(lava rock that is 3/8 inch and sma...
The Bay Island Bonsai show was fantastic. They had the highest quality trees and I did great at the vendor area. Today was very a nice day. The weather was unbeatable (76 degrees). I had a few customers today as well as one yest...
I removed 4 more air - layered pines that I did this year. This year I used bonsai soil in the 4 inch cups. First I removed the bark for the air - layer. Then I put the 4 inch cup around the air - layer. I put moss on the botto...
The GSBF convention in Santa Clara was a success. Bonsai people are still in a spending mood. I want to thank all the customers that came by the booth to say hello. The turnout was quite good. This type of response gives me the ...