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Bonsaiwithromano

@romanolsamuels

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Bonsaiwithromano
@romanolsamuels Mar 19, 2020, 9:09 AM UTC

Sticking to what I know during these trying times

This past week has been a very difficult time for me. I am depended entirely on the events industry and with the #corona virus infections escalation in South Africa most of my work/events up until th…

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Bonsaiwithromano
@romanolsamuels Mar 17, 2020, 10:56 AM UTC

Japanday 2020: Young Talent Competition

I was glad to hear that the Japanday 2020 held at Oude Libertas open air theater on 14 May 2020 was not canceled due to the #corona virus outbreak. Although this is a very serious outbreak the treat…

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Bonsaiwithromano
@romanolsamuels Mar 8, 2020, 5:38 AM UTC

Trying to balance work and bonsai

Living a balanced lifestyle is harder than it looks. I know this as I am currently balancing work, family, running and bonsai. This does not seem like it can be a difficult thing to do but it's hard…

303 upvotes 1 downvotes 8 replies $2.31
Bonsaiwithromano
@romanolsamuels Feb 18, 2020, 10:21 PM UTC

The fruit of your labor

This week I was blessed with two figs on my bonsai tree. They have been on the tree now for some time and I have been waiting for them to be ready to eat. Today was that day! The figs were nice, firm…

240 upvotes 1 downvotes 2 replies $1.22
Bonsaiwithromano
@romanolsamuels Jan 13, 2020, 1:40 PM UTC

Ceder Basic Maintenance.

Last week I posted a blog about a Ficus tree that I defoliated. To read more on that see the link below: https://steemit.com/bonsai/@romanolsamuels/ficus-defoliation-progess This week I thought I wou…

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Bonsaiwithromano
@romanolsamuels Jan 9, 2020, 5:15 AM UTC

Ficus defoliation progress

Happy belated new years to all the #steemit guys and gals. Hope you had an eventfull festive season and that you could use this time to rest so that you are ready for 2020. In my last blog I mentione…

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Bonsaiwithromano
@romanolsamuels Dec 11, 2019, 10:55 AM UTC

Boland Bonsai Kai Annual Club Show 2019

The last few weeks has been amazing. I was once again head of the committee that was responsible for all the arrangements for our club's annual show. Everything went according to plan and the event t…

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Bonsaiwithromano
@romanolsamuels Nov 19, 2019, 1:53 PM UTC

What happened here? Let's cut back on the...

Last week and Friday I decided to take the day off to work on trimming a few of my trees. This turned out to be one of the best decisions that I could have made. I ended up trimming back more than se…

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Bonsaiwithromano
@romanolsamuels Oct 26, 2019, 4:51 AM UTC

#Bonsaicare : Consistent pruning and the long term effects

Why choose a subject like consistency when talking about pruning you might think. I deliberately chose this topic as I find myself setting things off more and more now that I am running my own compan…

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Bonsaiwithromano
@romanolsamuels Oct 1, 2019, 6:40 PM UTC

The importance of restyling as part of bonsai maintenance. Ceder bonsai restyle.

This past weekend I made time to work on my trees. I trimmed a few trees and cleaned a few of the bonsai benches. As I was working on my trees I saw this Ceder that started to show signs of grow. I w…

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