"If we love our children
we must love the earth with tender care
and pass it on, diverse and beautiful,
so that on a warm spring day
10 000 years hence
they can feel peace in a sea of grass,
can watch a bee visit a flower,
can hear a sandpiper call in the sky,
and can find joy in being alive"
- Hugh Ilitis
January - in the full heat of summer...
February - a dead tree - I seem to have lost one of my White Karee's. but the Fiscal Shrike certainly loves the vantage point...
March - a quiet month with lots of rain and green lawns ...
April - a cooling down of the hot summer days...
June - clear blue skies, bare branches and winter in full swing
July - cold, frosty days and Aloes in full flower...
A winter chore, adding some crusher stone to the edges of beds to liven things up a bit (and also to act as a deterrent for the chickens having a sand bath)
Adding a basket, some ornaments and crusher stone to a shady empty spot...
August - and spring is in the air! Peach blossoms and my Aloe ferox still flowering...
September - the first rains of the season and the Arum lilies, which have spread beautifully, still flowering...
October - beautiful weather and time for a new garden path...
November - mid-summer and still lots of rain...
December - a beautiful end to the year...
And so ends my progress report on 9 years of gardening in my "new garden", which is from now on going to be referred to as "my garden", plain and simple. Hope you had a lovely 2012, like I did, and see you a bit later!
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