My Bonsai Obsession

About four times a year the various bonsai clubs in my province get together for a day of talks and demonstrations. It's a great opportu...

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...

This is what I found on one of my little trees today. It's about a centimetre long with a spongy texture. Close-up I've a ...

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...

In January I wrote about the bad mistake I made removing the air layer from a Ficus Ingens. I was quite concerned about the new tree's ...

Shortly after I started my blog I wrote about a little Acacia Burkei which started life as mallsai. Over a period of four years its trunkli...