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Needle work.
It has been a busy couple of weeks. Autumn has begun and with it a range of seasonal tasks. I have been madly plucking Japanese black and Red pine needles. Here in Melbourne we have a convention coming...
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The start of needle work
Its been a good year for growth in my garden which is always a bit of a double edged sword. A good seasons growth means that all your trees will have progressed and built further to their structure,...
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Needle work continues.
This weekend gone by I got some time to do some needle work on a few more trees. One of which has featured on this blog before. It’s a bit of a strange tree and people either like it, or want to cut...
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More needle work
As the season rolls on I am slowly getting to the end of my needle work which in turn will mark the time to begin preparing the deciduous trees for winter. The tree below is another that has been...
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Good bud, bad bud.
Over the years while growing black pines I have always strived for more buds. Each year i tried to get back buds to form and most times I was successful although sometimes the tree I was working on...
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Another black pine.
As the days get cooler we slowly approach the time of year where I like to style conifers. This year is gearing up to be a big one for bonsai work as I have taken on a number of customers trees to be...
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More work – A black pine
Been busy as per usual but I have managed time to fit in a couple of customer trees. Below is a quick before and after of a black pine that needed teasing out of a sea of needles. A fun tree to style....
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Pluck’n busy!
As promised, I’ve been working my way through the seasonal needle work on my black pines. Its a busy time of year for pines (as the title’s poor taste pun suggests) and can become a bit monotonous....
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Dreaming of Onomichi
A number of years ago we visited Onomichi in southern Japan as a bit of a side trip during a family visit to Japan. I fell in love with the town for some reason. While i cant really put my finger on...
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De-candling pictorial
This year i finally feel like my pines are thriving after a long period of mediocre growth. This bad growth was due to a number of factors including: water pH Issues – Solved by moving to rain water....
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