Bulbs and Roses

I’m beginning to learn that, while soil and water and mulch and ph and fertilizer and plant food are all a very important part of keeping your garden green and blooming; at the end of the day, it all boils down to daylight hours.
We still haven’t had any rain, and it’s still windy as hell [...]

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May Blooms. In June.

Last month, I promised that I’d have better pics of what’s blooming in Brixton for Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day. The photos are better this month, although they’re a day late. But June 16 is a very special day in South Africa, so I thought uploading today would be a good way to celebrate Youth Day [...]

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Murder and Mayhem

This is what those verschtunkende rose beetles have done to my roses:

But, no fear. Yesterday, early, I went out, and zapped the buggers while they were still drowsy. The lawn between the rose bushes if now full of squashed rose beetle corpses, and my Converses have a layer of bug guts along the bottom. Heartless? [...]

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