It has become much easier to find & buy blueberry plants to grow in your garden in South Africa, since I started this blog in 2014. Back then they were…
I can’t explain exactly how it came to be, but a couple of weeks ago I fell head-first into the orchid hobby. I have always associated orchids with elegant ladies,…
We’ve had a good week weather-wise. Pleasant days of cool mornings, hot around midday and the typical Highveld afternoon thunderstorms. The Vaal dam is still desperately under capacity and our…
This is quite a special and unusual rose I spotted at Ludwig’s rose farm. She is not quite my style in terms of what I like in a cut flower…
I did not plan to get another red rose, as I already have Papa Meilland, Ingrid Bergman & Red Intuition amongst others. I prefer more variety and tend to lean…
During a recent visit with my family to the 45th Spring Rose festival at Ludwig’s Rose farm north of Pretoria, I finally obtained my alma mater’s centenary rose. The University…
This is the start of our tomato crop for this year. I’ve planted 16 tomato seedlings in the square foot garden out in the front. I’ve got some Roma and…
I’ve been quite busy tending to all sorts of berries this season. Pictured is a bee pollinating a blackberry bush at my in-laws. They gave me lots of cuttings –…
Today I picked some long awaited produce for lunch. I’m happy with how the rainbow carrots are doing. I got a nice purple one. They look very interesting in cross…