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Winter takes its toll
It certainly has been cold this winter, but Monday the weather took an extreme turn with temperatures plummeting to -5℃ last night. Three days ago, my Arum lilies (above) were still in fairly good...
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The outside room
As I look out to my gardenI feel a sense of prideIt really is a lovely roomExcept it is outside!~ unknownA collection of succulents and ferns in my private bathroom-garden with a Pachypodium lamerei...
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Remember the birds in winter
One of the joys of having a garden, is the amount of wildlife it draws. Birds, lizards, insects, hedgehogs, butterflies, bees, the list is endless. In winter the wild birds can have a hard time finding...
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Aloes sharing space
Aloes sharing space with Marigolds and two Cocos plumosa palm trees at the beginning of this winter (2014) in my garden..
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Autumn and Winter is Aloe time
Africa loves to paint her winter landscape in orange and yellow hues, and her exuberance is infectious. Nothing beautifies the winter garden like the bright splashes of colour supplied by Aloes. The...
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Epsom salts in the garden and home
We've had a couple of warm days, but last night another cold front moved in, dropping temperatures to below freezing again. I've been checking on my potted Echeverias, moving them from under cover to...
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Flower of the Rattail Cactus
Every Spring my Rattail cactus (aporocactus flagelliformis) rewards me with a mass of beautiful flowers. We’re heading for the end of winter now here in South Africa, so I don't have long to wait for...
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There's a whisper in the garden...
There's a whisper in the garden that spring might be on her way....
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Spring - not yet...
It’s chilly again today, and grey,but I have late-winter Nasturtiums still flowering..
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You are a cultivator
You patiently tend to your garden, pruning each rose bud carefully.You water the grass as you pull out the weeds.You watch as the trees bask in the sun.You help the plants, like you help others, to...
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It's Friday!
I crept out of bed early with the sound of the roosters crowing to one another - 4am - put on the kettle, made my coffee and came to the computer. By the time hubby surfaced around 6.30am, I had...
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The garden is a doorway
An entry and sketch in my Daily Garden JournalTo me, the garden is a doorway to other worlds; one of them, of course, is the world of birds. The garden is their dinner table, bursting with bugs and...
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Carpobrutus
I used to have stretches of this wonderful ground-cover in my last garden. This easy-to-grow succulent, native to South Africa, is a wonderful ground-cover, ideal for low-maintenance and water-wise...
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Coffee, Mollie and frugality
It's a sunny summer's day but there is an icy wind blowing. And yet I'm sitting outside in the garden having coffee. Braving the cold. And the reason, you might ask?Well, I spotted Mollie, my resident...
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The garden in winter
Succulents in a pot - my Aeoniums turned bright red all along their edgesArtemis - the chickens enjoy a good scratch in all the open spotsSome of the Echeverias were still flowering...Echeverias in a...
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Spring garden ornaments
Mirrors and CDs' reflective surfaces attract birds and are fun in the sunlight. Make mobiles and hang from tree limbs! This year I've decided to add some interesting elements to my garden, and besides...
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Earthworm interests
Collectively earthworms build the soil This makes them essential to all soil types used by man and animals. Very simply—no earthworms, no living environment. In nature, they will be found wherever...
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Miracles happen after the rain
After the first thunderstorm of the season - and an orb in the left-hand top corner of the photo?!(Read more here about Orbs) After an extremely cold and harsh winter, we seemed to skip spring and...
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Lost in summer
Summer is the season of simple and timeless joys. She frolics like a happy child between innocent spring and melancholy autumn waiting for us to embrace her unbridled delight with life. It's a time to...
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