My Bonsai Obsession

I can't believe it's been four months since my last post. Okay, I guess the fact that it's winter in South Africa counts as an...

My Ficus Carica truncheon cutting has been doing really well. Until today that is. I got a real fright when I went out to water my trees ...

The Ficus Carica truncheon cuttings which I planted in April were by far my most ambitious propagation attempt to date. An attempt made mor...

In the footnote to a post I wrote in January , I referred to my attempts to grow a fig tree from a thick cutting off a neighbour's full ...

Among the trees growing in my bonsai area is a skinny fig tree which I started from a cutting off a neighbour's tree when he pruned it i...

It's been a year now since I last mentioned my fig tree , so I thought it was time for a quick update. Sadly things haven't quite go...

I know I've written at length about my fig tree , but I thought one last update would be in order before the Southern hemisphere winter ...

I apologise for harping on about my fig tree, but decision-making has never been one of my strengths and I really feel like I need to commit...

My last post ended on rather a negative note. I'd totally lost my way in trying to turn a young fig tree into bonsai after making a cho...

I've mentioned previously that one of the benefits of belonging to a bonsai club is the help and advice I get from other members when I...