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Growing Persimmons-Adding Orient Touch to Your Garden

July 13th, 2008 · No Comments · Tree, fruits, home gardening tips, japanese gardens

You must have seen old black piano keys. Did you ever know that these black piano keys are made up of persimmon tree wood?
Persimmon or the Deispyros Kaki is the tree that gives us an extraordinarily hard black wood. It is one of the most attractive and decorative tree. The semi-weeping habit and its foliages […]

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The Art of Japanese Bonsai

February 27th, 2008 · No Comments · bonsai, home gardening tips, indoor gardening, japanese gardens

The Japanese refined and developed Bonsai techniques and evolved the art form it is today. For the Japanese, bonsai represents a fusion of strong ancient beliefs with the Eastern philosophies of the harmony between man, the soul and nature. The major aspects of Japanese bonsai, has not changed significantly over time.

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Small Japanese Gardens

January 6th, 2008 · No Comments · japanese gardens

I find Japanese gardens fascinating, I have visited Japan twice once in 1998 and again in 2002. Japanese gardens are simple yet amazing, I particularly like the small Japanese gardens and this is what I am going to be writing about here.

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