Archive for the ‘Gardening’ Category

May-23-2011
Japanese Maple Tree (Acer Palmatum)

This is the first of 3 blog entries about pruning.  This entry is specific to pruning a Japanese Maple Tree (Acer Palmatum).  This plant has a few eccentricities, which make pruning slightly different from how you would prune any other tree. After spending time working on my 2 Japanese Maple trees, and also reading up  [ Read More ]

May-23-2011
Jan-9-2011
Niwaki By Jake Hobson

Niwaki is much more then Japanese Pruning, but for my purposes here, it will have to stand.  Wikipedia defines it as follows: “The technique of niwaki is more about what to do with a tree than the tree itself. While Western gardeners enjoy experimenting with a wide range of different plants, Japanese gardeners experiment through  [ Read More ]

Oct-11-2010
Badlands1

Some Photography of Plant Life during my trip to the Badlands, Caledon, ON, Canada.  Click the image to see my full Album: