Tag Archives: Gardening

This Man!

Posted on July 25, 2020 by Helga

Saturday Today was the day… I again learned that Mike has way more energy than me! This Man!  First thing he did was to start the day with his quiet time. Then we had breakfast and went to Echo. He … Continue reading →

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Out With The Old

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Helga

Thursday It’s been a fabulous time of spring cleaning and it’s not over yet. You can’t accumulate 30 years of stuff and expect to get it sorted overnight. But I have made a good start and yesterday I was so … Continue reading →

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Getting Stronger

Posted on September 16, 2019 by Helga

Monday A few years ago Mike bought a new weed-eater. It was a big, solid and heavy power tool. I remember picking it up and thinking oh wow, this is heavy, I’ll never use it. Almost two years have passed … Continue reading →

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Beauty from Barren

Posted on November 21, 2018 by Helga

There is an unfortunate truth that Mike and I are pretty bad gardeners. We just don’t have the green fingers required to create and maintain a lovely garden. There is one plant however, that blossoms in spite of neglect. It … Continue reading →

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Truffles is Better

Posted on October 12, 2018 by Helga

This evening Truffles looks almost back to normal. She is her old snooty self. Such a relief. Earlier I was thinking she was about 80% better. Now I’m thinking it’s about 90%. She’s eaten a lot today, but still not … Continue reading →

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What I Was Doing In The Front Garden At 2-30am

Posted on October 11, 2018 by Helga

It is a most bizarre thing to be doing in the middle of the night and yet there I was on a balmy Thursday morning at 2-30am outside in the front garden in my pajamas and my slippers. I had woken … Continue reading →

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Paying the Gardener

Posted on September 12, 2018 by Helga

Yesterday after Mike fixed the garden gate at Echo, today he decided to try to beat the rain and mow our lawn. It was beginning to look like a jungle. We could call James and get him in, but Mike … Continue reading →

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A Man With A Plan

Posted on June 8, 2018 by Helga

Today Mike again was a man with a plan. He came up with a possibility to build what we want to build without needing neighbour’s permission. Yesterday we thought about it for a bit and concluded the two neighbours behind … Continue reading →

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Team Work

Posted on November 1, 2017 by Helga

I don’t know if I will be able to get out of bed tomorrow morning! Today I worked both paid work and house/garden work. I started by doing some paid work and then I got stuck into sweeping the patio. The … Continue reading →

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Christmas in my Garden

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Helga

Some years ago one of the CCfm listeners gave me a pot with a small cactus in it. She had grown it and it came as a gift to me. I put it on my patio and because it was … Continue reading →

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Christmas Test Store

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Helga

I walked into our local Checkers at the Sun Valley Mall the other day and almost went into shock. Jingle bells blared through the loudspeakers. It was unnerving. I felt as if I had been in a time warp and … Continue reading →

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The Great Seed-Growing Experiment

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Helga

Mike loves to watch You Tube. In his you tubing, he encountered a fantastic way of growing plants from seed and decided to give it a go. It all began with a tiny little eensie weensie blue broccoli seed… To … Continue reading →

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Mike’s Afternoon Garden Project

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Helga

The other day I bought 4 large fibre cement pots second hand. They were a good deal, usually selling for about R450 each, I got them for R120 each. Today Mike decided to put something in them, so off we … Continue reading →

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Looking Over My Garden Wall…

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Helga

5-28pm If you had to peer over our back garden wall, you would see it’s a bit of a jungle out there…this is from one side… And this is from the other…I got up there with my camera after they … Continue reading →

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