Why not start some bonsai?Well it seems I was a bit premature in being thankful for a rain. We have had only approx. 10mm since December and as I am writing it's early April. I am grateful we have water to use but shifting hoses is never as good as that precious stuff from the sky. I've been distracting myself with planting bulbs and potting up bonzai as it's far too dry to contemplate planting or shifting any more plants at the moment. I am by no means professing to be an expert in the art of Bonsai but I have had quite a bit of fun having a go. My mother has nurtured her Bonsai collection for over 40 years but I'm a total beginner. This is a Ginko I have just repotted. It's more of a before pic than anything. It's always good to have I starting reference. :) Now don't laugh...this is another of my creations. It is actually a rosemary I dug up from the garden. Yes I am impatient! I am planning to shape it a bit more but am waiting to see if survives the brutality inflicted upon it so far first. I will be sure to update it's progress. Just remember not all bonsai are grown from a seedling. You can give trees that would otherwise be thrown on the burning pile a chance at becoming a beautiful miniature or just cheat like me. The 'gnarlier' the better.
Oh and if the worst happens and they are taken by the gardeners in the sky you can always make a beaut Christmas tree or table ornament. Happy Digging.
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Wicking Beds Materials:
1. Place pool in position on level ground. 2. Place pots upside down in pool so that the entire bottom is covered 3. Cut chicken wire so that it overhangs the entire top of the pool and you can fold it around the edges to secure it. 4. Put the toes of the pantyhose through the wire in the center of the pond so that they touch the bottom. Lay the tops of the pantyhose over the wire. This is the wick that carries the water to the soil. 5. Put shade cloth over wire so soil doesn't fall through. 6. Lay rocks (or logs etc) next to pool all the way round to at least 20cm above the level of the pool. 7. Check again to make sure the pool is level 8. Put soil on top of the pool and in to edge of rocks and pat down firmly until it is level with the rocks. 9. Plant out your chosen plants and put mulch over plants 10. Water plants in, then leave hose running slowly on the middle of the pond until you see water coming out of the pond under the rocks. This way you know the pool is full. 11. Water once or twice a week in same manner in summer or as needed and fertilize three monthly or as needed.
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