Auto-Water System

Going 14 days on summer holiday. My Hozelock system will ensure 4 daily waterings a 5 minutes everyday starting from noon tomorrow. :) Should have had some time-lapse video, that wouldve been king to monitor. For now I am counting on really really good neighbours for this. Happy holidays everyone...

meet your death Mr. Bugs

Today I noticed several of my maples where infested with thousands of these nifty little creatures. Not sure what they are, approx. 0.5 - 0.8 mm big. Kind of nice insects I would say, somewhat more metal than your regular ladybug. Likeable regardless, they must die. As allways suggestions to what species it can be are allways welcome.

Since I am a homegrown kind of guy without immediate access to my car at the time being, I have found a standard recipe for several sorts of aphids that will be used as soon as the solution has cooled down a bit:

1. 2 l. Hot Water.
2. 40 ml. Green Soap.
3. Let Cool Down
4. 100 ml Red Spirit.

Should be sprayed on stem, leaves and substratesurface.

biork visiting Mistral Bonsai (MISS YOU SO clg)

Noble readers. I have been such a slow blogger the last couple of months, but that does not mean I have not been tending my trees. Lots of images in the backlog, ready to be blogged during the next months:)

I will start on with a new category called "biork on the move" The first in the series will cover my recent trip to Mistral Bonsai outside Barcelona, Spain. Not much text, only images, but they speak for themselves. I also have a couple of "lindsey-farr-alike" videos on my HD, with commentary from the trip to come...