Horticulture of Bonsai, the beginning...
Have you ever wondered how high quality bonsai have full and dense branch structures? I know, dumb questions right? I think we've all...
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Peter Tea
Aug 12, 20123 min read
August and Looking Back
It’s funny how things seem to be so much older looking back a year and a half. Perhaps it’s not really the age but the improvements over...
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Peter Tea
Jul 11, 20122 min read
Pushing the Limit 2 with the Scenic Route
Pushing the Limit 2 with the Scenic Route I thought you’d all enjoy an update about this Black pine that was heavily bent last Winter....
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Peter Tea
May 5, 20127 min read
Lets Bend! Part 3
Lets Bend! Part 3 Repotting season is coming to an end here at Aichien an how fitting that this Black Pine turned out to be the last tree...
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Peter Tea
Mar 31, 20122 min read
Just Plastic Rope
Just Plastic Rope In the last Blog post of Mr. Tanaka’s work, many of you commented on the rope that he used instead of raffia to make a...
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Peter Tea
Mar 15, 201216 min read
Tanaka, Junichiro 田中 淳一郎
Tanaka, Junichiro 田中 淳一郎 I was working in the workshop as usual one day and Mr. Tanaka brings in this Black Pine and sets it on his work...
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Peter Tea
Feb 11, 20124 min read
Pushing the Limit!
Pushing the Limit! One day, Mr. Tanaka brought this Japanese Black Pine into the workshop and said, “clean this tree up for the auction...
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Peter Tea
Jan 31, 20123 min read
Lets Bend! Part 2
Lets Bend! Part 2 Do you remember this Black Pine? Back In July of 2011 I bent the trunk of this tree and wrote a post about it...
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Peter Tea
Jan 24, 20124 min read
Rebar Basic On Black Pine
Rebar Basic on Black Pine The day Mr. Tanaka left the nursery to bring trees to Kokufu-ten, he tasked me to style this Japanese Black...
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Peter Tea
Aug 16, 20112 min read
Let's Bend! Part 1
The other day I was given the task to do some trunk bending on this tree. The tree has nice old bark and very healthy. Perfect for...
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