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...
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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...
Bonsai keeping was something I got into purely for aesthetic reasons (that and watching the Karate Kid too many times). After all, what’s cooler than having your miniature tree? That being said, in...