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Cold days in December
It was cold on Tuesday. This is a really big ice-cube found in the garden.
Pictures by John Kirby.
Cold Tuesday 12/8/09
Show trees
John Kirby came and worked on some show trees in December.
These are some pictures of his trees
Pictures taken by John Kirby.
Japanese black pine
shohin Japanese Black Pine
shohin black pine
Itoigawa shimpaku
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John Graduates from Bonsai Intensive Program
John is now the 12th student to graduate from across North America. He has been working to make a Western Juniper into a bonsai. The material below had no work except that it had been repotted once.
So, next came the bending.
All this actually happened last time John came out to California. So this time the styling started.
Below is John and his completed project. Well, not completed, but the first complete styling is finished. Now the filling out and the refinement can start. But when you look at the first picture – and the last picture - you can see that John can do bonsai.
When more than One Bonsai Pot works…
On Peter T.’s level, you would expect that all the possible choices of pots would work. But then the question becomes, “Which one works best for the feeling you want to bring out in the bonsai?”
Though all may work, the final picture in this post is Peter’s choice.
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Bonsai Winner Is Being Repotted
Here is Peter T. with is his prize winning tree (Midori Bonsai Club Show two posts down). It was hight time for repotting, because a tree well taken care of puts out lots of roots.
The picture below shows a good job of placing branches. When you go to bonsai shows, you can learn a lot about the skill of the artist by looking that the branch placements from below. 
Peppers and Bonsai
We though we would do a “Scott” – peppers and bonsai on the blog- but put them in the same picture. If you don’t know who Scott is here is a link to his blog: http://scottsbonsai.blogspot.com/ He was the one who supplied a tiny little plant this spring, which is now ready for harvest.
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