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It’s that time of the year again

Posted on April 4, 2021 by futterwithtrees

My shohin twin trunk Blackthorn is doing its thing again and is in full spring flower. Like everything in life it just doesn’t last long enough but it never fails to give me immense pleasure. So for what they are … Continue reading →

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All in the April Evening Treorchy Male Voice Choir

Posted on April 12, 2020 by futterwithtrees
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Good Friday. What’s Good About It

Posted on April 10, 2020 by futterwithtrees

Thoughts About another Tree    When at times our hearts would tend to Pride. When we may be tempted like Nebuchadnezzar (King of Ancient Babylon) to look around our little fiefdom and exclaim. Is not this great Babylon that I … Continue reading →

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Some Recent Photos

Posted on April 2, 2020 by futterwithtrees

This gallery contains 10 photos.

With a little more time on my hands at the moment I thought I would revisit my blog and just post a few pics of some of my trees. I am pleased with the  overall progress of most of my … Continue reading →

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We are going through changes

Posted on May 1, 2018 by futterwithtrees

Originally posted on Munster Bonsai Club:
After five yers we are going through changes. That’s our new logo. It is so fresh and powerful. What do you think.

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Larch Larix Kaempferi

Posted on April 30, 2018 by futterwithtrees

As spring continues to do its thing I managed a pic of my second larch in the early evening sun. It is developing well and the ramification is building up year on year.

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Jin and Tonic??

Posted on April 25, 2018 by futterwithtrees

I have taken the head staggers and have made a couple of drastic additions to my large larch. Time will tell whether or not I was wise. I have added two large jins to the tree that I think work … Continue reading →

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Blackthorn Glory

Posted on April 12, 2018 by futterwithtrees

  It has proved to be a long wait but at last my little Blackthorn is in full flower having battled its way so far through a long, cold windy spring. As usual it just does not fail to deliver. … Continue reading →

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A Sam Miller Pot

Posted on April 7, 2018 by futterwithtrees

Originally posted on Nebari Bonsai:
As I write this in early January 2018, the pot doesn’t yet exist. Only a brief exchange between Sam (Intermountain Bonsai) and me, and an agreement that it would be made. The pot was commissioned…

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About a tree and a “MisNomer”

Posted on March 30, 2018 by futterwithtrees

It’s “Good Friday”! Whats good about it? Forgetting the historical accuracy  or inaccuracy of the actual placing of the day it is the time when the world remembers the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ, the Carpenter from Nazareth, some 200o years … Continue reading →

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