My dear husband and I have recently returned from a two-week road trip 1000km from our home town. One of our stops was Gamkaskloof or ‘Die Hel’ a remote area of the Swartberg in the Karoo. We saw some amazing things, but one of the many beautiful things that made my heart beat faster (apart [...]
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The sweet scent of spring
Well, spring is here. Branches are heavy with flowers and new growth, the morning light wakes us earlier and earlier and we discover new delights in our garden. I bought this Jasminum Multipartitum (Wild Jasmine) plant at last year’s Botanic Soc sale. It struggled through last year barely pushing out any new growth and I [...]
More on vertical gardening
A few weeks back I saw this on the interweb, Dagmar’s blog of a few days ago reminded me that I must get on it and publish. Eco-friendly recycling used gutters and creating a funky vertical garden for your vegetable/flower needs. I think it’s brilliant!
Confessions of a not-so-constant gardener
I have neglected my garden, I have neglected the blog and inadvertently I have neglected my sense of well-being. Today is the first day in too long that I spent a morning in the garden. I went to the nursery this morning, bought some new plants and had a long chat to an indigenous ‘expert’. [...]
Leonotis Leonurus
A rather beautiful name for a somewhat sparse green bush that Roger has accused of being a ‘weed’. However, in the last few days Leonotis (as we’ll call her) has been pushing out furry orange spider legs from her green foliage and making quite a show of herself. Some call her lion’s tail, another site [...]
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