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 ...
Today my Godson came by to work for me again. I was surprised that he still wanted to work for... Read More
Yesterday I went up the hill to work on weeding. It was last week that I was stung by 5... Read More