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Season 8 Episode 11 - Good Structure is Good Bonsai Part 2
22 mins; March 29, 2026
Season 8 Episode 10 - Good Structure is Good Bonsai Part 1
39 mins; March 22, 2026
Season 8 Episode 9 - What to do with Whips, Autumn Fertilising Refresher
42 mins; March 15, 2026
Season 8 Episode 8 - When Less is More - Thin Trunk Bonsai
32 mins; March 08, 2026
Season 8 Episode 7 - Is Bonsai Age all it's Cracked up to be?
40 mins; March 01, 2026
Season 8 Episode 6 - Work Planning for Autumn, Start Again Advice
39 mins; February 22, 2026
Season 8 Episode 5 - Leave Your Pines in Peace, Skill of Waiting
30 mins; February 15, 2026
Season 8 Episode 4 - Importance of Pad Separation, Compaction and Pre-Autumn
33 mins; February 08, 2026
Season 8 Episode 3 - Summer Extremes, Where Do I Start?
32 mins; February 01, 2026
Season 8 Episode 2 - Why I Love Junipers and How to Care for Them
39 mins; January 25, 2026
Season 8 Episode 1 - Better Bonsai for Us All, 2026 Goals, Mid Summer Review
33 mins; January 18, 2026
Season 7 Episode 51 - Yearly Plan Review
31 mins; December 28, 2025
Season 7 Episode 50 - Holiday Jobs, Calculated Risks
36 mins; December 21, 2025
Season 7 Episode 49 - Lessons and Reminders from Decandling
37 mins; December 14, 2025
Season 7 Episode 48 - Test the System, Pine Decandling Refresher
44 mins; December 07, 2025
Season 7 Episode 47 - Watch Out for Shading, Time Sensitive Tasks and their Timing
41 mins; November 30, 2025
Season 7 Episode 46 - Pruning for Ramification, Fear of Cutting Vs Health
39 mins; November 23, 2025
Season 7 Episode 45 - Spruce and Cedar Maintenance, Caring in the current Environment
33 mins; November 16, 2025
Season 7 Episode 44 - When is it Best to Just Let it Grow, Short Term Sacrifice Branches
39 mins; November 09, 2025
Season 7 Episode 43 - Candle Cutting Technique on Some Pine Species and What to Expect
37 mins; November 02, 2025
Season 7 Episode 42 - Bonsai Life on the Road, Making a Bonsai from a Bush
41 mins; October 26, 2025
Season 7 Episode 41 - Mid Spring Jobs for your Bonsai
33 mins; October 19, 2025
Season 7 Episode 40 - Compartmentalisation for Us and Our Bonsai, Working Deadwood
33 mins; October 12, 2025
Season 7 Episode 39 - Emergency Action Plan for Early Spring Issues
32 mins; October 05, 2025
Season 7 Episode 38 - Deciduous Development Pt 4 (Final)
34 mins; September 28, 2025
Season 7 Episode 37 - Deciduous Development Part Three
28 mins; September 21, 2025
Season 7 Episode 36 - Deciduous Development Part Two
37 mins; September 14, 2025
Season 7 Episode 35 - Deciduous Bonsai Development Part One
41 mins; September 07, 2025
Season 7 Episode 34 - Repotting Wrap Up and the Lessons, Early Spring Work
34 mins; August 31, 2025
Season 7 Episode 33 - The Story of a European Beech and the Forced Redesign
36 mins; August 24, 2025
Season 7 Episode 32 - Will your Soil Mix fix your problem, Repotting Tales
30 mins; August 17, 2025
Season 7 Episode 31 - Tool Fatigue, Hasty Decisions Lead to Bad Choices
35 mins; August 10, 2025
Season 7 Episode 30 - To Mound or Not to Mound, When is it Yours?
29 mins; August 03, 2025
Season 7 Episode 29 - Six Golden Rules to Consider Before Acquiring a Bonsai
34 mins; July 27, 2025
Season 7 Episode 28 - Dealing with a Brick When Repotting, Root Rot in Bonsai
32 mins; July 20, 2025
Season 7 Episode 27 - Repotting and a Story about Soil
31 mins; July 13, 2025
Season 7 Episode 26 - Changing Climate and Your Bonsai
37 mins; July 06, 2025
Season 7 Episode 25 - Mindset of Working Small Bonsai, Wiring Tip
29 mins; June 29, 2025
Season 7 Episode 24 - Yamadori Again, Deciduous Winter Study, After Major Work care
32 mins; June 22, 2025
Season 7 Episode 23 - Bonsai Scars from the Past, Winter Protection Strategies
30 mins; June 15, 2025
Season 7 Episode 22 - Bonsai Priorities, Japanese White Pines, Bonsai Don'ts!
39 mins; June 08, 2025
Season 7 Episode 21 - Developing Bonsai in Bite Size Chunks, Trunk Selection and Perspective
29 mins; June 01, 2025
Season 7 Episode 20 - Yamadori Vs Nursery Stock, Terminal Issues with your Bonsai and Leaf Removal
32 mins; May 25, 2025
Season 7 Episode 19 - Styling Considerations for Conifers, Right Now and Bonsai Moss
33 mins; May 18, 2025
Season 7 Episode 18 - My Time with Salvatore Liporace in Italy
31 mins; May 11, 2025
Season 7 Episode 17 - Is Too Much of a Good Thing Bad, Time for Pines!
28 mins; May 04, 2025
Season 7 Episode 16 - Bonsai Fear, When Short Cuts Take Longer
28 mins; April 27, 2025
Season 7 Episode 15 - The Bonsai Easter Edition, Tool Care, Where Would I Be Without Bonsai
30 mins; April 20, 2025
Season 7 Episode 14 - Mid Autumn Work, Cedar Maintenance
29 mins; April 13, 2025
Season 7 Episode 13 - Pines and Autumn/Fall, What Work is Needed
30 mins; April 06, 2025
Season 7 Episode 12 - Creative Days, The Story Behind the Bonsai
28 mins; March 30, 2025
Season 7 Episode 11 - Branch Cutters, Perfect Practice, Apex Design and Proportion
30 mins; March 23, 2025
Season 7 Episode 10 - Bonsai Wire and Bonsai, The Bonsai Mosh Pit
33 mins; March 16, 2025
Season 7 Episode 9 - Early Autumn and Your Bonsai, Branch Selection Puzzle
33 mins; March 09, 2025
Season 7 Episode 8 - Autumn Fertilising - my strategy, Design Tip for Top Down View
30 mins; March 02, 2025
Season 7 Episode 7 - Formal Upright Bonsai Considerations, Weaknesses Exposed by Summer
32 mins; February 23, 2025
Season 7 Episode 6 - Bonsai Carving Tips and Tricks
45 mins; February 16, 2025
Season 7 Episode 5 - Do the Maintenance, Why Do You Do Bonsai, Focus for Now
36 mins; February 09, 2025
Season 7 Episode 4 - My Fertilising Program for Late Summer, Sometimes You Need to Wait
31 mins; February 02, 2025
Season 7 Episode 3 - Banksia as Bonsai, When to Stop Persisting
34 mins; January 26, 2025
Season 7 Episode 2 - Bonsai Work Practices, Bonsai Respect and Be Like a Forest
35 mins; January 19, 2025
Season 7 Episode 1 - My Process for Juniper work, Plans for 2025
39 mins; January 12, 2025
Season 6 Episode 51 - Bonsai Matsu Highlights, Podcast Favourites, My Bonsai World
29 mins; December 29, 2024
Season 6 Episode 50 - Pre Christmas Bonsai Work Checklist, Sacrifice Branches
31 mins; December 22, 2024
Season 6 Episode 49 - Process for Design, Australian Bonsai and Omiya, Bonsai Immersion
44 mins; December 15, 2024
Season 6 Episode 48 - Decandling and When Not to, Aaron Curtis from Shiro, Watering Frequency
34 mins; December 08, 2024
Season 6 Episode 47 - Bonsai Advice, Bonsai Empire and Shinji Suzuki, Broken Pots
38 mins; December 01, 2024
Season 6 Episode 46 - Trunk Development Strategy, Summer Plans and Mishaps
31 mins; November 24, 2024
Season 6 Episode 45 - The Candle Cutting Procedure for Single Flush Pines, Quality Vs Quantity
36 mins; November 17, 2024
Season 6 Episode 44 - Podcasting on the Road, Fungal Issues and Bonsai
35 mins; November 10, 2024
Season 6 Episode 43 - Western Australian Bonsai Love and Quokkas
29 mins; November 03, 2024
Season 6 Episode 42 - Pre Summer Planning, Your Design, Oh No to Oh Yes!
38 mins; October 27, 2024
Season 6 Episode 41 - Let's Talk Defoliation, Reignite Your Bonsai Spark
37 mins; October 20, 2024
Season 6 Episode 40 - An Alternative to Windswept, Mid Spring Chores
31 mins; October 13, 2024
Season 6 Episode 39 - After the Spring Burst What's Next and Ants....
28 mins; October 06, 2024
Season 6 Episode 38 - Is Bigger Really Better? When Bonsai Size matters
39 mins; September 29, 2024
Season 6 Episode 37 - Spiders and Bonsai, AI Images of Bonsai and Your Plan
27 mins; September 22, 2024
Season 6 Episode 36 - Bonsai in the Tropics, Bonsai Educators and Collected Trees
35 mins; September 15, 2024
Season 6 Episode 35 - Fertilising and the Link to Repotting, Pinching, Candle Breaking and Spring
26 mins; September 08, 2024
Season 6 Episode 34 - Pruning Prunus, Fertilising Raw Stock in Development
25 mins; September 01, 2024
Season 6 Episode 33 - Nebari Work, Large Cuts and 'Chipping' In, Watering Systems
35 mins; August 25, 2024
Season 6 Episode 32 - Repotting Learnings, What Happens Post Repotting, Spring Preparations
34 mins; August 18, 2024
Season 6 Episode 31 - The Great Olive Dig!
41 mins; August 11, 2024
Season 6 Episode 30 - Hit the Reset Button, Planning and Expectations, Large Root Removal
43 mins; August 04, 2024
Season 6 Episode 29 - Bonsai Related Injuries you should try and avoid
34 mins; July 28, 2024
Season 6 Episode 28 - The Styling Edition! Design Compromise, Styling Consideration for Australian Natives
44 mins; July 21, 2024
Season 6 Episode 27 - Bonsai Pot Considerations, To Tie or Not to Tie, Yard Work in Winter
43 mins; July 14, 2024
Season 6 Episode 26 - Talk About Soil, Wiring Once and Bonsai Etiquette
32 mins; July 07, 2024
Season 6 Episode 25 - Interview with Marcela Ferreira about Australian Native Bonsai
29 mins; June 30, 2024
Season 6 Episode 24 - Making Split Decisions, Confusing Times, Look at What's in Front of You
20 mins; June 23, 2024
Season 6 Episode 23 - Trick to Removing Buried Wire, Buying Time, Is it Unique?
34 mins; June 16, 2024
Season 6 Episode 22 - Beauty is a Perspective, Was the Cut Correct and Speeding Up
38 mins; June 09, 2024
Season 6 Episode 21 - Bonsai Height Reduction, Plan Variation and Soil Mix Expectations
43 mins; June 02, 2024
Season 6 Episode 20 - Creating a Second Problem, A Bending Technique, Azalea Flower Removal
41 mins; May 26, 2024
Season 6 Episode 19 - My Checklist for Working Pines and End of Autumn Watering
47 mins; May 19, 2024
Season 6 Episode 18 - Setting up Stock for the Future, The Mundane and Building on Mishaps
27 mins; May 12, 2024
Season 6 Episode 17 - Annual Olive Bonsai Dig, Now Better Than Never, Things to Watch for Now
39 mins; May 05, 2024
Season 6 Episode 16 - What would I tell a some at the start of their Bonsai Journey?
48 mins; April 28, 2024
Season 6 Episode 15 - Judging Bonsai, Bonsai Demonstrations and Foundation of Good Bonsai
31 mins; April 21, 2024
Season 6 Episode 14 - The Beauty of Bark, Major Bending Protection, Deadwood Approach
