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Ornamental grasses in the garden
Ornamental grasses can be used as fillers or specimens, border plants or background plantings, as ground covers or screens, or they may be grown as container plants. Their adaptability and subtle...
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The wonder of Nasturtiums
"Just looking at nasturtiums can make you smile - eating them might even make you giggle!" Nasturtiums along my garden pathwayMy Nasturtiums have put up the most spectacular show this season and with...
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Along the garden path
I walked along the garden pathsinging a song to myselfthe jolly nasturtiumsthe wispy willowsthe trees singing a low song as I passedas they sang to me I walked alongmarvelling the beauty of the...
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My garden is smiling!
We’ve had absolutely beautiful rain over the past couple of weeks and my garden is smiling! Nobody shows gratitude like Marigolds do!My kind-hearted gardener, Chrissie, once strew a couple of seeds...
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Season's greetings from my garden to yours!
Here's wishing you a warm and happy festive season with family and friends and next year, may your garden bloom like never before!.
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Christmas in the garden
A sure sign that it's Christmas in Africa - when the Hydrangeas and Agapanthus are flowering. Merry Christmas to all!::
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My garden residents
You've got to get out and pray to the sky to appreciate the sunshine! African striped skink - Mabuya striata punctatissimI have a couple of Lizards living in my bathroom court-yard garden and I often...
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Best gardening wishes for 2014
Last night a fairy strayed our wayAnd played upon the lawn.She danced and skipped from end to end -Then suddenly was gone.What frightened her, I do not know,She dropped her purse and ran,Leaving a...
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Who knew cucumbers could do all this!
Image from WikipediaI haven't grown cucumbers for years and this article on FaceBook by Mike Suddaby has sparked my interest in growing some veggies in my garden again. (But did you know that cucumbers...
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Working in the garden
In my garden, after a rainfall, you can faintly, yes, hear the breaking of new blooms.- Truman Capote My wooden garden barrow filled with Azaleas and two Terracotta pots ready to be planted. Does...
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Kniphofia (Red Hot Pokers)
The Red-hot Pokers (Kniphofia) in my garden are in full bloom and I never noticed the baby Praying Mantis on this one until I up-loaded the photograph to my MAC. Upon closer inspection, I saw that many...
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The bliss of Lavender
Said to bring protection to the household if planted at the front gate, Lavender has long been a favourite in the garden, in herb lore, and in the medicine chest. Its Latin origin “lavare” to wash,...
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I put a seed into the ground and said, "I'll watch it grow."
I put a seed into the groundAnd said, "I'll watch it grow."I watered it and cared for itAs well as I could know.One day I walked in my back yard,And oh, what did I see!My seed had popped itself right...
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Erigeron and summer in the garden
Erigeron karvinskianus 'Profusion', originated in Mexico but is now naturalized in many other areas of the world, such as parts of Africa, Europe, New Zealand, and the west coast of the United...
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Exhausted, hot... and happy!
An African Skink enjoying the summer sun on my garden wallWe're heading towards the end of summer. I know it sounds a bit early, but the Marigolds are all seeding and some have already died off. It’s...
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Cosmos flowers in South Africa
Every March and November respectively our countryside explodes with colour when pretty pink and white cosmos flowers bloom in early autumn and then again in late summer. They grow easily in the soil at...
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My favourite plant in the garden (this week)
A garden of marigolds…. orange, yellow and rust,Bright, soft and rich, touched with golden dust.Quiet and regal, sun kissed and fair,Basil-citrus fragrance that mellows the moist air. A thousand...
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This is my garden - a week in pictures
It has been weeks and weeks of rain but finally (I wasn't complaining!) the sun has appeared, bringing with it hot and humid temperatures. My chooks have been suffering the heat, hiding in any cool...
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The beauty of weeds
They know, they just know where to grow, how to dupe you, and how to camouflage themselves among the perfectly respectable plants, they just know, and therefore, I’ve concluded weeds must have...
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Companion planting in the garden
“Some people change their ways when they see the light; others when they feel the heat” - Caroline Schoeder This year is ending in a BIG bang of a heat wave - we've been suffering temperatures way up...
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