Some TLC

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Bonsai, juniper, repot, roots, wire

Last summer I picked up this little juniper for a couple bucks from the section of the garden center where they put the plants that don’t look so good. In fact, this particular garden center calls it the TLC area.

Only February and I’ve already got my Taxus done.

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Bonsai, collect, dig, puns, taxus, yamadori, yew

See what I did there? That’s right. There’s more than one way to have pun with yew!

My taxes really have been filed already, by the way, but my wife gets credit for that. We made a deal a long time ago — and at times each of us regrets it — I pay the monthly bills, and she does our taxes. It works for us.

Anyway, to business and to taxus! I already posted about the yew dig on Bonsai Iterate. You can read that here if you like. Now I want to share the tree I got. Here it is before digging:

Diggin’ Yew (pun intended)

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Bonsai, collect, dig, NVBS, taxus, yew

I spent a long day digging yew from a site that is about to go under construction. In all, eleven members of the Northern Virginia Bonsai Society came out to get their hands on some really fantastic material.

Glazed pots

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Bonsai, ceramic, color, glaze, pots, pottery

I love taking glaze ware out of the kiln!

A Late Announcement

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Bonsai, club, NVBS, President

While I have told many friends, and no doubt posted the news to social media long ago, I realize I have never made a notable, bonsai-related announcement here on Bonsai Iterate. I am now the president of the Northern Virginia Bonsai Society!