A Bug’s life: Latest macro pictures
January 7, 2017
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 …
herbs
Grateful for the rain
January 14, 2016
We are currently enjoying a week of humidity, precipitation (a bit of hail and lots of rain) and cool temperatures after last week's heatwave. On this time last week the max temp hit 42.5C in …
Sweet stevia in flower
May 28, 2015
This is a quick pic of the stevia mentioned in the previous post. I absolutely love the little white flowers! I haven't decided where to plant it, or even whether to plant it in the the …
Garden centre haul: May 2015 autumn
May 10, 2015
The cooler temperatures mean great weather for leafy greens like lettuce and rocket, and all sorts of brassicas (plants from cabbage family). I popped down to the Plant Mecca nursery on Old Johannesburg road (across …