Peter Tea Jul 27, 2013 4 min Welcome Home… Now Get to Work! Kishu Shimpaku grafted on Sierra Juniper It’s great to be home! Though once I got home, there wasn’t much time for a vacation and I got ...
Peter Tea Jan 4, 2013 6 min Shimpaku, The Unexpected Surprise Shimapku, The Unexpected Surprise It was just another work day at Mr. Moriyama’s garden in early December and the weather was starting to...
Peter Tea Nov 14, 2012 3 min The End? I Think Not! The End? I Think Not! !!!SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!!! As you all know by know (hopefully) I am in my second year as an apprentice at Aichien. ...
Peter Tea May 21, 2012 2 min Randomness of Daily Life Randomness of Daily Life Since the last couple of post I’ve wrote as been pretty heavy on Bonsai, I thought I’d lighten it up this time a...
Peter Tea Mar 11, 2012 4 min Going Home! Oh Sweet Freedom! Going Home! Oh Sweet Freedom! That’s right! I’m going to be going home on vacation! I’m writing this post as lay on my soft squishy bed...
Peter Tea Feb 11, 2012 2 min The Other Things I Do Around Here The Other Things I do Around Here Though I am living the Bonsai life, I’m not necessarily always doing Bonsai. Many of you may have alre...
Peter Tea Jan 1, 2012 4 min Correcting a Weak Trait and Being Creative Correcting a Weak Trait and Being Creative One thing I learned quickly at the nursery was that we’re always on the move doing different t...
Peter Tea Dec 21, 2011 4 min Kadomatsu at Shinpukuji Temple Kadomatsu at Shinpukuji Temple A few days ago I woke up to my cell phone ringing and it was Mr. Tanaka on the other end. He said to my s...
Peter Tea Dec 18, 2011 5 min Apprenticeship and a Japanese Maple Apprenticeship and a Japanese Maple Many people have approached me and asked, “what is the apprentice life really like?” I would always ...
Peter Tea Aug 23, 2011 1 min Field Trip to Obuse, Part 2 Part 2, Shoujyu-en The next nursery we went to was Shoujyu-en. Shoujyu-en is owned by a man named Mr. Eura. His specialty seems to be S...
