My Bonsai Obsession

Ever since I found my first praying mantis laying her eggs on one of my trees two summers ago, I've been hoping against hope that enoug...

Spring is my favourite time of year, so I'm really jealous of all those bonsai growers in the Northern hemisphere whose deciduous trees ...

A few days ago, while pruning one of my trees, I came across a praying mantis on my work surface. I'm pretty sure it's not the same ...

In May I first introduced the praying mantis which laid its eggs on one of my little trees. A few days later she paid a visit to our house...

The day after she laid her eggs my praying mantis was nowhere to be found. Having read that lady mantises don't live long after they la...

A few days ago I mentioned the white stuff  I found on one of my trees. Had I first seen it as it appears in that post, I imagine I'd ha...

With winter well and truly on the way I've already started protecting some of my more sensitive trees. As my greenhouse is too small for...

Nine years ago, just weeks after I joined my bonsai club , we were hit by the worst hail I've ever had the misfortune to experience. Sto...

Late afternoon thunderstorms are a normal part of summer where I live, though sadly they've been a rarity over the last couple of summer...

Things have been rather quiet in the bonsai garden lately. It's not that I haven't had work to do on my trees, because there's ...

There's an art to watering bonsai. Unfortunately I've never had the time to learn it. I've got so many trees that I've been ...

While tending my bonsai trees I've learnt to develop an appreciation for other aspects of nature that I never took much notice of in the...