Gardening

The summer garden has been showing off lately. So many beautiful herbs, fruit and veggies in bloom and fruiting. We have also been blessed with lots of rain in between…

Did you know there is a very special orchid that smells just like chococolate? Let me tell you more about it and show you two of mine. Please LIKE, COMMENT…

While visiting my family in the North West province, I was introduced to a delicious vegetable known as Covo (Brassica oleracea var acephala). Covo was introduced to the area by…

I hope everyone is having a pleasant and safe December. We’ve been busy visiting family, collecting new plants and of course working in the garden. I’ve managed to squeeze in…

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…