#howtobonsai

Yesterday I published a video of a #celtisafricana that I pruned. I thought that I would be good to go into depth as too why I pruned the tree and what this does for the tree. I do not know all the correct

I finally committed to work on this tree. It took me a full thirty three minutes to complete the pruning on this tree. I mentioned in a previous blog that I would be wiring some of the smaller branches

I have neglected my blog a bit the past week. It's just been one of those weeks where you don't know if you waking up or going to sleep. Everything has just been a blur. Today is Mandela Day and every

This morning while I was busy watering my trees I had a great idea. I thought that I would see if you can spot which one of the trees I bought earlier this month I will be working on later today. I have

This was my first dig this year. I was so busy with other things that I could not make time to dig up trees. This tree has been in the back of my mind for a few years now. This tree was planted on the

This is the second Juniper that I styled. It is one of three trees I bought last week. As usual my week just got so busy that I did not have time to style the other trees. I put out time today to work

Yesterday I styled my first stock tree. I know this sound a bit weird. I am currently busy preparing stock that I will be selling in a few years time. This can be four year or even more depending on the

Yesterday I spend most of my day on the road looking for trees that I can buy and transform into bonsai to sell at a later stage. I thought that this was going to be a easy trip and that I would be back

This is the image of the last tree that I will be styling in this season. I have ran out of trees in need of styling and pruning. This truly marks a sad day for me. When I saw my trees I thought that I

Happy belated Fathers-day to all the dad's out there. Yesterday was a productive day. I spend the day with my family. After all the food, deserts and cake I still found time to work on this Ficus bonsai.

This morning I spend a few minutes securing my trees to the bench. Last night a severe weather warning was issued for our region. They predicted strong winds and heavy rains. I always stress and worry

I mentioned that I will be removing the wire from this tree yesterday in my blog. But fist here are a few pic's: Read more on the tree here: It was a shorter process than I initially thought. In the video