ByCrystal
A little while back I planted some seed potatoes in a huge concrete pot that I had sitting empty for quite a while. I wasn’t sure is it was a good spot for them, but I wanted somewhere where they would be contained and tires just didn’t work for me.
This morning when I went outside I got such a lovely surprise. They have all started flowering, and it’s looking stunning. Who know that a simple potato plant could be so beautiful!
On the 21st of June local schools broke up for the winter holidays. We left that afternoon and returned on Friday after a lovely one week holiday in the Drakensberg Mountains. We were expecting a very cold week, but instead enjoyed mild days with temperatures ranging from low to mid 20’s (degrees Celsius). We spent…
It seems everyone in the southern hemisphere is harvesting garlic at the moment, and it shows by all the garlic blog posts I have read recently.This year is the first time I have ever grown garlic and I only planted 12 cloves in a medium size pot. I knew that when harvest time came around…
I think no matter how long you grow your own veggies, you can always learn something new. In my last post I made what seems to be the most silliest mistake. I posted the below picture and said that my corn had germinated. After a few more days I went outside and found this: My…
Autumn is my favourite season. The weather is mild and the garden just loves it.Here is Durban autumn and winter are actually our biggest growing season as many of the veggies I love to grow find the summers too long, hot and humid.I think I was a bit late with the planting this season, but…
My butternut squash vines are taking over! They are overflowing from their beds: Climbing onto the pool net: Creeping onto the paving: And taking over the pathways: But it’s all worthwhile when you find one of these: Or a couple of these: And with even more hiding under all the leaves, we will soon be…
Just outside our garage door, on the verge we have a very big bunch of banana trees. Until this seaon we have not got any banana’s. But all that changed when all of a sudden 3 bunches of banana’s were spotted hanging off the trees. After weeks of patiently waitng, we were finally able to…
Your potatoes are looking wonderful! Ours are also in flower, I can't wait to see what's underground:)
They look great!