One of the most common species used for bonsai that is shooting up in popularity is jade bonsai. Jade bonsai is an incredibly versatile tropical succulent and is often viewed as the perfect species...

One of the things that I didn’t understand when I first started my bonsai journey was just how important the right bonsai potting soil was. One of my Chinese elms was starting to die and I was...

Squirrels are rampant in pretty much every country. It’s estimated that there are around 2.5 million wild grey squirrels in the UK and about 2 million grey squirrels in the USA. This got me...

So a few days ago, I heard a strange noise coming from my garden, only to realize that I had a small fox rummaging around. Now I keep my bonsai trees in a small garden nursery. This got me thinking,...

A rat infestation is one of the worst types of pests that you can have. The noise and damage caused by these are often a lot more significant than other rodents such as mice. So what exactly is the...

One of the things I was most surprised about when I first started keeping bonsai was the number of pests I had to deal with. Insects like aphids and spider mites were commonplace but other animals...