First moan of the day…

Never forget that our common garden birds just love all the worms that sneak into our bonsai soil.  They treat it like a roadside cafe – as each morning  (and evening) I check the latest plantings to see a half dozen pots upturned and seedlings gasping for life!!  So what sort of things can we do to kep that moss on our bonsai for as long as possible?

Solutions:

1. Use well placed rocks or wire mesh over the base to stop those beaks and claws doing any damage.
2. Use metal staples formed from old scraps of bonsai wire to hold the moss down.
3. Scare the birds with the neighbourhood cats. BE AWARE that the downside is the generosity of their ‘waste disposal’….
4. Place netting above all your trees which can also act as shade cloth for those hot times of the day.  This presents its own problem when it comes to clean up day!
5. Well placed and tasteful wind chimes may give the birds something to listen to whilst they go worm hunting in your bonsai
6. GIVE UP and don’t grow bonsai

Happy Bonsaiing, Xav