One man's trash is another man's treasure. This little tree, as I can best recall, was found sprouting in the yard. All my old cherry tree cuttings had failed in a Summer scorch, but this one seemed to

This is a native species that grows well in full sun and part shade. It has little resemblance to a citrus tree, except for the fact that it has white flowers with a similar shape.

Welcome back, it's Spring. After a long time away, I am ready to start showing off some of my bonsai trees as they push out their first new leaves of the year. Here is an old friend of mine. I am starting

Exploring the total redesign potential of a bonsai forest saikei. View the photos with commentary from @creativetruth on how to do it.

One of my older pet projects that has developed over the years is this Saikei. It is a miniature landscape featuring Ash trees growing in a mountainous rockslide. Originally it was designed on a flagstone

Back in early February I started growing peppers from seed. This year I have four varieties I am growing. Marconi Rosso, Cayenne, NuMex Joe E. Parker, and Yellow Devil Habanero. Germination Using the paper

The final throws of winter are upon us, and today I walked outside to check on how my dormant trees and plants are doing. The first flower of winter in my yard is consistently the Snowdrop. It just opened

Near the end of last Summer, while I was still enrolled as member of a ceramic studio, I came up with the idea to make some holiday ornaments to give as gifts. The concept would be three bells, similar

Last year I stumbled onto a fun experiment. When I started growing Turmeric and Ginger outdoors I noticed they only grew well in the summer, because they are tropical plants. Harvesting them in Autumn

Hello Hive Friends, Some crazy weather has blown through recently during the holiday week this past December, and I wanted to show the aftermath. The first day after the snow melted, a ton of rain fell

In late June, my garden has exploded with some of the most spectacular floral sights. In the over photo above, this is my million dollar flower. It's called a Cape Daisy, from South Africa. It grew very

Welcome Friends, Today is a bright sunny day, and I am returning to share my Chinese Elm tree. In this article, I'll be detailing a full four-seasons update on this tree, since it hasn't seen any light

Look at the apples forming on my little tree. I've got various fruiting shrubs in my front yard, so take a little walk with me, and I'll show you around. Apple Trees In only a month, we went from flowers

Here is a progress update on my latest ceramic project I've been working on. Scroll all the way to the end and I'll exhibit the final glazed results, along with a special new plant chosen specifically

Last month I visited a couple of plant sales. In this article I'll share photos of what I found along the way. Read my blogged impressions as we travel together, and I'll be your guide. An Approaching

In April, yellow flowers reigned supreme in my garden. Check out this gallery of the recently flowering plants gracing my grounds. Black Currants are one of the first flowering shrubs. Blooms are pure

Check out my latest ceramic projects in this short article. Four of my works in progress are featured here, along with plans for my future designs. Bisqueware Featured first is my mini planter with composite

So many warm, wet, cloudy nights. For hardening off my seed grown tomato and pepper plants, the last few weeks have been a blessing. Around the end of March I decided to plant out my hardiest plants into

Want to weigh in your opinion? Share your comments with me about Elon Musk buying Twitter. How do you view recent events when compared to Justin Sun's historic takeover of the Steem blockchain? Twitter's

Recently I joined a ceramics class, and I am relearning all of the basic techniques of how to do clay handbuilding. Check out the recent photos of my experiences and first creations at the ceramics studio.