Mulch Love
I got this recipe for a liquid fertilizer from the permaculture course we did at the Durban Botanic Gardens. Take a bucket of water and soak green leaves (I used comfrey) in it for a couple of days. The resulting mixture is supposedly rich in nutrients that plants can easily absorbed. I’ve added it to my sad looking fever tree and will report back as to its health in a week or two.
On the same trip we came across this labyrinth. It overlooks the indigenous forests of Hogsback and you encounter some interesting plants en route to the centre. Once there, I found what I presume is some sort of aloe (see pic).. Who knows what this plant is?
The labyrinth is next to accommodation offered by the Edge (https://www.theedge-hogsback.co.za/). A great little place with a cool restaurant and private cottages set into the mountain-side, surrounded by bush. We even saw a baboon in the half hour we were there.
Just a few more plant pics from our cross-country road-trip. Not all of them strange but I think all indigenous …
Our permaculture garden is thriving and we have now started harvesting vegetables, mainly lettuce and radish, but yesterday we ate beetroot from the garden and it was delicious. The beans, peppers and eggplants all have flowers on them and will be growing fruit soon, I’m sure.
The garden has required little to no attention after the initial set up and seems impervious to pests (thanks marigold).
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’. … Read more