Tag: collected
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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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Collecting Trees: Prelude
My goal is to learn every aspect of bonsai. I want to learn the art, the horticulture, the specifics of every tree that I can get my hands on, the patience, and finally collecting. Collecting is what’s on my mind right now. Collecting is a massive topic and is considered controversial sometimes. In my head…
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Re-Start
There is one up-side to killing your trees in pots.. You now have free pots! When I moved into the new place, it came with a bunch of spindly little pines sticking up out of the lawn. Since I had free pots, I decided to make a little forest planting in a (way over-sized) pot.…
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