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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Root over Temple ???
With reference to the image that I posted a few days back of Beech tree roots growing down over a wall in Cumbria, how about this photo that I spotted on Facebook this morning ? Makes my Cumbrian tree’s roots … Continue reading
Willowbog folk Part 1
This is the first in a series of posts that I propose to do which features images of Willowbog folk past and present. They may not always be the most flattering photos that I have of the individuals concerned but … Continue reading
This day one year ago !
This was the scene here exactly one year ago today, the start of wintery weather that just went on and on ! The view last year from the window where I sit today at my computer ! There was just … Continue reading
Posted in Wildlife, Willowbog Bonsai, Willowbog Farm
Tagged bird, bonsai, feeders, pheasant, Willowbog, winter protection
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bonsai eejit’s Willowbog Video
This video has been put together by my good friend Ian Young , aka Bonsai Eejit, and it gives a sense of his visit to the nursery in September when we hosted our first Peter Warren workshops. It had been … Continue reading
Jack re-pots a pine for us.
In the last but one post the photograph showed one of our grandchildren, Jack, visiting the nursery with his pre-school group. We are trying to get him interested in bonsai and here he is re-potting a nursery pine a few … Continue reading
Willowbog birds
We have been recording the different species of birds seen or heard on or around the land that comprises Willowbog Farm for 20 years now. It is done on a daily basis and the rule is that the observer must … Continue reading
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School visit to Willowbog Bonsai
This photo must have been taken a few years ago as one of our grandsons is in it and he is now 10 years old. The occasion was the visit of our local pre-school children. Jack , our grandson, is … Continue reading
Favourite bonsai images.
My interest in bonsai began with me collecting European beech , Fagus sylvatica, and Norway spruce, Picea abies, raw material. As a consequence both species hold a particular interest for me. The Willowbog Collection might be thought to be a … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Willowbog Bonsai
Tagged bonsai, favourite, Picea glehnii, Sakhalin spruce, Willowbog
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Willowbog Collection Beech
Nice deep red-brown colour on this Fagus sylvatica , European beech, in the Willowbog Collection, photo taken last night just before the sun went down. My guess is that this species, as with all the family,has evolved the characteristic of … Continue reading
Posted in Willowbog Bonsai
Tagged autumn colour, bonsai, deciduous bonsai, European beech, Fagus sylvatica, Willowbog
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