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 the heat. All this is a great combo for attracting […]
This past weekend we took the dogs to Walkhaven off leash dog park, and this time I remembered to put a charged battery & a memory card in my camera. I only took the 18-55mm kit lens and the 50mm […]
My little malus purpurea crabapple has done a great job of flowering but not too good of a job with setting fruit. I posted previously about the beautiful pink blossoms it set, much earlier than the Early Red One and […]
I feel like I’m seeing the world with fresh eyes since I got my 50mm Canon lens last week. This is such a fun, light weight and versatile lens. I have really been missing out. I took it out into […]
I tested my new camera this morning when we took the dogs to Walkhaven, our favourite off leash dog park in the West Rand. There were a lot of different plants with their seed pods ready, which was quite interesting […]
Organic gardeners in South Africa are so lucky to have excellent biodiversity in rural and urban gardens. If one is really dedicated to going organic in the garden, it is possible to manage pests using allies from nature, like predatory […]