Tag Archives: Ryan Neil

Monday morning blues ??????

Posted on April 10, 2013 by

Well , the thing about being a blues music fan is that it is easy to see having the blues on a Monday morning as a pretty damned good thing ! Certainly I rarely have cause to be upset about … Continue reading →

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Urgent announcement of a classic U-turn for ”Chat ” tomorrow

Posted on April 5, 2013 by

I have to report a reversal of the Proprietor’s recent decision to end the practice, at least for the current wintry season, of providing soup at the monthly Bonsai Chat get together here at the nursery !       … Continue reading →

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Lots of re-potting !!

Posted on March 24, 2013 by

We had a really good regular monthly workshop yesterday with six participants, only the G-man, who was booked in, failing to make it due to heavy snow in his particular area. I was grateful, as usual, to have Terry H. … Continue reading →

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Winter lingers………

Posted on March 11, 2013 by

Whilst you could not describe this as a bad winter by any means [ I might not have said that the days that Ryan Neil was here back at the end of January !!! ]  it does seem to have … Continue reading →

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Mr. Greedy’s Tsuga heterophylla

Posted on March 9, 2013 by

Two newly qualified ”Willowboggers” were at the nursery today and as I walked round with them prior to them making purchases  [  you may have to Google the word ' purchase ' Graham W. to see what it means ]  … Continue reading →

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Mug shot ?

Posted on March 8, 2013 by

This is a rather belated thank you to Russ and Julie F. who qualify as ” Remote Willowboggers ”  coming as they do from the bad lands of the midlands , Birmingham way. Russ was here in January having booked … Continue reading →

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Kung hey fat cho !!

Posted on February 11, 2013 by

Willowbog Bonsai took trading space at the Chinese New Year Festival in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne yesterday [ Sunday ] This is something that we have done for quite a lot of years now, seeing it as an opportunity to both promote the … Continue reading →

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Mr. Neil’s demonstration

Posted on February 5, 2013 by

Alongside three workshop days we staged a demonstration day on the Saturday of Ryan Neil’s four-day visit to Willowbog Bonsai. Thanks to Bonsai Eejit, who at my request took charge of recording the whole day with both still photography and … Continue reading →

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For Louise

Posted on February 3, 2013 by

Louise H. tells me that when she quite literally has nothing better to do, she will cast a glance at this blog, honestly, you would think that she could find something more productive to do with her time, knitting a … Continue reading →

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” If I ruled the world ”

Posted on February 2, 2013 by

We would have had todays weather exactly one week ago !! We have had a lovely, bright, sunny day with just a touch of frost, it would have been perfect for last week’s Ryan Neil demonstration day here ! However, … Continue reading →

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