‘Rocky’ is absolutely in his prime….

Posted on March 3, 2007 by gerry

Rocky had some serious extra growth after recently having on of his main limbs removed, with all the warm weather and extra water it is no surprise!

With such a great run we decided to remove the other prominent limb since there was a substantial amount of new growth from around the centre of tree, as one can see the results look very promising! This tree has had a hard road, from hardly ever being trimmed to multiple departures from the pot under adverse weather and tenant conditions it is amazing to see this little survive!

We are looking forward to seeing how ‘rocky’ will perform in the future!

Homebrew – temperature monitored

Posted on February 24, 2007 by gerry

Beeer…..corona style

HP LaserJet 5m – Lasts forever (with a few repairs)

Posted on February 24, 2007 by gerry

Probably the only part they skimped on…a single toothed gear in the fuser assy, this fuser appears to have been installed with a dodgy toothed gear – the gear seems to be a hard plastic or at the very best a too soft mild steel. As can be shown by the pictures, a few teeth fell off and hence caused some havoc!..The hot roller also has some strange marks on it – strange for one with such low time ~ 70 000 pages.

2nd hand HP Laserjet 5m off ebay with a good fuser unit and a bonus duplex unit and we are back in business….these units are great to pull apart and put back together!

Rocky brings on the new growth….

Posted on January 13, 2007 by gerry

After copping the serious trim and having half (2 branches) his branches removed ‘Rocky’ has started to make a recovery, after a bit more growth and we will remove the remaining branches.

Hopefully with the warm summer weather and plenty of water this bonsai will hang on!

The off cuts have been potted into a separate pot with the hope of starting a fresh bonsai!

‘Kermit’

Posted on January 7, 2007 by gerry

Unconstrained! shoulda’ seen his home before….talk about cramped… 🙂

Natalensis Fig #3 (‘Buddha’)

Posted on January 7, 2007 by gerry

For good luck, rub the Buddha’s belly…..

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‘Rootie’ moves to new quarters…

Posted on January 7, 2007 by gerry

‘Rootie’ has been relocated to a new LARGER pot where he is much much happier! I did have some images of this new home in the previous post but hey…’rootie’ loves the attention!