Recent content by johnbaz

Wow! What a great thread!! Back in 2013 I was given this Zelkova group on Tufa rocks, Through the years a few died so I bought seeds from Ebay, None seemed to germinate, Couldn't leave negative feedback as it was too late! Anyhow, In 2020 I was giving the trees a haircut as it was getting a...

I've not been fishing in years so here's some my lad caught.. John :)

My son and wife sold their house, The one they were buying fell through as it needed a heck of a lot of work so Sausage came to live with us until they found a house which was almost a year!! My wife cried for days when he went, They ended up buying the house that they were supposed to have...

I reckon that's sage advice! I would probably get carried away and reduce a tree down to a matchstick!! ☺️

Hi all I watch quite a few Bonsai vids on Youtube and one of the chaps that is good with them uses one of these electric carvers, I kept looking for one and recently found one on Ebay so I jumped in and bought it!, It will hopefully arrive on saturday although I won't be using it for a while...

Hi all I attended the Bonsai Experience in Doncaster, England today, I had a table to move some raw trees on, Straight opposite me was a gent with a few trees, Some wire and a few tools.. I bought this grafting knife, A root knife and a brush for the paltry sum of £20! There is a name impressed...

There was a time when my garden was tidy-ish.. I need more garden now as the trees are getting larger or the garden is shrinking!! John :rolleyes:

It will be here (UK) soon! ☹️ 'Ooops!! Somewhere in the heart of old England! Some jobs out for machining or delivery.. John :)

My brother in law had a Sierra Cosworth, He hated it and couldn't wait to get rid of it, He said the ride was just so uncomfortable and it felt like there was no suspension!! He was amazed at how rapid it was though! Here's another car I had, A Toyota Crown Custom Estate auto, It was originally...

He planted a Juniper, Two small Azaleas and something else, Can't recall what the last plant was, One of the Azaleas perished though, Oh, There's loads of small Alpine type plants too!! I also got another strange planting from him too, This one he planted in to a compost bin lid so it won't...

I got a new one this year, A Skoda Kodiaq Executive, It has more room to fit trees in!! This first pic was in the showroom.. I have a li'l MG Midget in the garage that I 'won' on fleabay, Started to do the welding that was needed and suddenly my left knee went, Had to have a replacement in...

Hi all A few months ago a friend was moving in to a smaller home so I bought some of his trees and other stuff, This composition has something that's hard like rock but is multi tubulat and slightly brittle too! I took it to our Bonsai club to see if anyone had seen this stuff before, No one had...

I'd love to be able to draw, Alas I don't have an artistic bone in my body! ☹️ My father could draw brilliantly, My brothers could both draw very well too, It's like i'm the milkmans or something as i'm just so rubbish at it! John..

I like things with lenses in, Binoculars, Telescopes etc.. I've also collected watches for almost 50 years, This was about half of what I had when I took the photo, The other half being non runners that I scavenged parts from, I've probably bought more than a hundred more since I took this...

We had a bit of snowfall her in Sheffield, England, It's about four or five inches deep now, Firsat snow we've had for a while!! I don't particularly like snow but now i've unnofficially retired it doesn't bother me as much as trying to get to work in it at 4.45am!! John :)