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Season 8 Episode 40 - The Process of Discovering the Bonsai within

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Season 8 Episode 39 - Australian Natives and Repotting

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Season 8 Episode 38 - Busy Life + Bonsai, Observation Time

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Season 8 Episode 37 - Sign up for a Bonsai Show

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Season 8 Episode 36 - Early Spring Pruning

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Season 8 Episode 35 - Spring Pinching

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Season 8 Episode 34 - The Bonsai Long Game

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Season 8 Episode 33 - Spring is Almost Upon us!

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Season 8 Episode 32 - The Theory Behind Repotting Timing

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Season 8 Episode 31 - Not Going to Repot? You Sure?

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Season 8 Episode 30 - The Story of my Quince

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Season 8 Episode 29 - Why Securing your Bonsai is so Important

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Season 8 Episode 28 - Let's Talk Root Rot

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Season 8 Episode 27 - Scared to Change Soil, Being Brave

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Season 8 Episode 26 - Before Repotting Planning, Post Repotting Scenario

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Season 8 Episode 25 - Good Housekeeping, Bonsai Balancing even for the Weak

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Season 8 Episode 24 - Don't like it..Chop it, Pine Wrap up and Learnings

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Season 8 Episode 23 - Must Love Maintenance, Direction of your Work

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Season 8 Episode 22 - Macro and Micro, Confidence versus Overconfidence

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Eason 8 Episode 21 - The Concept of One of Everything

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Season 8 Episode 20 - How to Handle Structural Issues, Setting a 'Mode' when working

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Season 8 Episode 19 - Why we have time for our Pines, Late Autumn Alarms

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Season 8 Episode 18 - Considerations When Wiring and Styling your Bonsai

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Season 8 Episode 17 - Practical Advice for Styling your Pines

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Season 8 Episode 16 - What to Do wth Your Bonsa Now, Don't Over Complicate Issues

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Season 8 Episode 15 - The Idea of Perfection, Technique Improvement

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Season 8 Episode 14 - Deciduous Autumn Maintenance

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Season 8 Episode 13 - Mid Autumn and Your Bonsai, Bonsai Events

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Season 8 Episode 12 - Good Structure is Good Bonsai Part 3 The Wrap Up

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Season 8 Episode 11 - Good Structure is Good Bonsai Part 2

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Season 8 Episode 10 - Good Structure is Good Bonsai Part 1

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Season 8 Episode 9 - What to do with Whips, Autumn Fertilising Refresher

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Season 8 Episode 8 - When Less is More - Thin Trunk Bonsai

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Season 8 Episode 7 - Is Bonsai Age all it's Cracked up to be?

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Season 8 Episode 6 - Work Planning for Autumn, Start Again Advice

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Season 8 Episode 5 - Leave Your Pines in Peace, Skill of Waiting

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Season 8 Episode 4 - Importance of Pad Separation, Compaction and Pre-Autumn

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Season 8 Episode 3 - Summer Extremes, Where Do I Start?

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Season 8 Episode 2 - Why I Love Junipers and How to Care for Them

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Season 8 Episode 1 - Better Bonsai for Us All, 2026 Goals, Mid Summer Review

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Season 7 Episode 51 - Yearly Plan Review

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Season 7 Episode 50 - Holiday Jobs, Calculated Risks

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Season 7 Episode 49 - Lessons and Reminders from Decandling

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Season 7 Episode 48 - Test the System, Pine Decandling Refresher

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Season 7 Episode 47 - Watch Out for Shading, Time Sensitive Tasks and their Timing

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Season 7 Episode 46 - Pruning for Ramification, Fear of Cutting Vs Health

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Season 7 Episode 45 - Spruce and Cedar Maintenance, Caring in the current Environment

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Season 7 Episode 44 - When is it Best to Just Let it Grow, Short Term Sacrifice Branches

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Season 7 Episode 43 - Candle Cutting Technique on Some Pine Species and What to Expect

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Season 7 Episode 42 - Bonsai Life on the Road, Making a Bonsai from a Bush

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Season 7 Episode 41 - Mid Spring Jobs for your Bonsai

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Season 7 Episode 40 - Compartmentalisation for Us and Our Bonsai, Working Deadwood

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Season 7 Episode 39 - Emergency Action Plan for Early Spring Issues

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Season 7 Episode 38 - Deciduous Development Pt 4 (Final)

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Season 7 Episode 37 - Deciduous Development Part Three

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Season 7 Episode 36 - Deciduous Development Part Two

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Season 7 Episode 35 - Deciduous Bonsai Development Part One

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Season 7 Episode 34 - Repotting Wrap Up and the Lessons, Early Spring Work

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Season 7 Episode 33 - The Story of a European Beech and the Forced Redesign

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Season 7 Episode 32 - Will your Soil Mix fix your problem, Repotting Tales

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Season 7 Episode 31 - Tool Fatigue, Hasty Decisions Lead to Bad Choices

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Season 7 Episode 30 - To Mound or Not to Mound, When is it Yours?

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Season 7 Episode 29 - Six Golden Rules to Consider Before Acquiring a Bonsai

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Season 7 Episode 28 - Dealing with a Brick When Repotting, Root Rot in Bonsai

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Season 7 Episode 27 - Repotting and a Story about Soil

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Season 7 Episode 26 - Changing Climate and Your Bonsai

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Season 7 Episode 25 - Mindset of Working Small Bonsai, Wiring Tip

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Season 7 Episode 24 - Yamadori Again, Deciduous Winter Study, After Major Work care

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Season 7 Episode 23 - Bonsai Scars from the Past, Winter Protection Strategies

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Season 7 Episode 22 - Bonsai Priorities, Japanese White Pines, Bonsai Don'ts!

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Season 7 Episode 21 - Developing Bonsai in Bite Size Chunks, Trunk Selection and Perspective

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Season 7 Episode 20 - Yamadori Vs Nursery Stock, Terminal Issues with your Bonsai and Leaf Removal

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Season 7 Episode 19 - Styling Considerations for Conifers, Right Now and Bonsai Moss

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Season 7 Episode 18 - My Time with Salvatore Liporace in Italy

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Season 7 Episode 17 - Is Too Much of a Good Thing Bad, Time for Pines!

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Season 7 Episode 16 - Bonsai Fear, When Short Cuts Take Longer

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Season 7 Episode 15 - The Bonsai Easter Edition, Tool Care, Where Would I Be Without Bonsai

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Season 7 Episode 14 - Mid Autumn Work, Cedar Maintenance

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Season 7 Episode 13 - Pines and Autumn/Fall, What Work is Needed

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Season 7 Episode 12 - Creative Days, The Story Behind the Bonsai

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Season 7 Episode 11 - Branch Cutters, Perfect Practice, Apex Design and Proportion

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Season 7 Episode 10 - Bonsai Wire and Bonsai, The Bonsai Mosh Pit

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Season 7 Episode 9 - Early Autumn and Your Bonsai, Branch Selection Puzzle

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Season 7 Episode 8 - Autumn Fertilising - my strategy, Design Tip for Top Down View

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Season 7 Episode 7 - Formal Upright Bonsai Considerations, Weaknesses Exposed by Summer

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Season 7 Episode 6 - Bonsai Carving Tips and Tricks

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Season 7 Episode 5 - Do the Maintenance, Why Do You Do Bonsai, Focus for Now

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Season 7 Episode 4 - My Fertilising Program for Late Summer, Sometimes You Need to Wait

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Season 7 Episode 3 - Banksia as Bonsai, When to Stop Persisting

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Season 7 Episode 2 - Bonsai Work Practices, Bonsai Respect and Be Like a Forest

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Season 7 Episode 1 - My Process for Juniper work, Plans for 2025

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Season 6 Episode 51 - Bonsai Matsu Highlights, Podcast Favourites, My Bonsai World

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Season 6 Episode 50 - Pre Christmas Bonsai Work Checklist, Sacrifice Branches

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Season 6 Episode 49 - Process for Design, Australian Bonsai and Omiya, Bonsai Immersion

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Season 6 Episode 48 - Decandling and When Not to, Aaron Curtis from Shiro, Watering Frequency

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Season 6 Episode 47 - Bonsai Advice, Bonsai Empire and Shinji Suzuki, Broken Pots

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Season 6 Episode 46 - Trunk Development Strategy, Summer Plans and Mishaps

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Season 6 Episode 45 - The Candle Cutting Procedure for Single Flush Pines, Quality Vs Quantity

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Season 6 Episode 44 - Podcasting on the Road, Fungal Issues and Bonsai

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Season 6 Episode 43 - Western Australian Bonsai Love and Quokkas