Tag: bonsainh
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Our Trees Tell Two Stories
There’s another story that each tree tells.. Bonsai artists always talk about designing a tree so that it tells a story. We want the movement, the bark, or the deadwood to tell us a story of survival. We want the tree to tell us that it has lived many more lives than us and has…
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The Year of the Upgrades
Bonsai people tend to get a bit carried away with things. It seems to be in the nature of bonsaists. We end up with too many trees, too many pots, go too hard on a collecting trip and need to take a quick “nappy” (this sounds very specific but nevermind), etc. We all seem to…
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Bugpocalypse..
This has been a tough year in my bonsai adventure. Towards the end of last year, I felt like I was starting to get to a point where I was comfortably competent in my skillset. Repotting has become second-nature, I’ve mostly memorized seasonal maintenance timings, my wiring is where I wanted it to be, and…
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Visiting Black Dodge Bonsai
There are three major parts to visiting Black Dodge Bonsai. There is the man, the art, and the goods. I know that everyone wants to hear about the goods, but I’m saving that for last so that you listen to why you really need to make a stop there. Black Dodge Bonsai is a two…
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The Student of the Copper Wire : The Two Trees
This weekend marks the first trees that I have ever fully wired in copper wire. I subscribe to Mirai Live (Ryan Neil’s training site) for the majority of my training, and another viewer commented that they are afraid of copper wire and always use aluminum wire because it is so much easier to work with…
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