Category Archives: Gardens

Highs and Lows of Internet, Emotions, and Gardens

Posted on July 6, 2019 by colonialist

(To be sung to the tune of ‘My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean’) Why is it my line’s overloaded? Why is it that it comes and goes? Why is it I’m being so goaded? Oh, heaven alone really knows! Chorus … Continue reading →

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Back to Heights of Endeavour

Posted on June 25, 2019 by colonialist

Returning to my pruning expedition earlier, here we have granddaughter’s picture of me after having gone beyond the top of the ladder, set next to a repeat view of the ladder alone. Undergoing another form of tree-t-meant? © June 2019 … Continue reading →

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Registering Attendance

Posted on June 6, 2019 by colonialist

One discussion by the Hort. Soc. Board, Joined by Oscar; not untoward; All decisions made will need His opinion one should heed. Two hungry ibis standing on a wall, To be fed have made a call, Knock on door till … Continue reading →

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Logging Out; Key Elements in Puppy Name

Posted on May 31, 2019 by colonialist

It seems the name of Sharkie For new pup’s not quite right, And neither, quite, is Darkie For reasons I won’t cite, And nonsense is Malarkey, Though fitting, to degrees; Quite useless would be Barky — He don’t do much … Continue reading →

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I Came, I Sawed, Nowhere Near Yet Conquered

Posted on May 22, 2019 by colonialist

Before and after pictures show How much sawing on the go, But more grief has to be faced Before pool can get replaced Now consensus that I see  Is that pool dug in should be; With all steps earth out … Continue reading →

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The Bridge That Wasn’t

Posted on April 13, 2019 by colonialist

GloMoWriMo Day 13 Prompt is as follows: ‘Today, we’d like to challenge you to write a poem about something mysterious and spooky! Your poem could be about something that is mysterious and spooky in a bad way (like a witch), … Continue reading →

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Preserving a 115-year old tradition.

Posted on March 9, 2019 by colonialist

Today I had the honour of presiding over the 115th Annual General Meeting of the Durban and Coast Horticultural Society. We are delighted to have found a venue for such meetings in the Education Centre of Durban Botanic Gardens, as … Continue reading →

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SUNDAY FUNDAY

Posted on March 4, 2019 by colonialist

I was completing the job referred to in the previous post when I received an order from the grandkids to join them on an outing to Illovo Nursery on the South Coast. We haven’t been there for a while, and … Continue reading →

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Sad Twist of Ankle and Fate

Posted on February 2, 2019 by colonialist

Today a garden visit planned For Garden Judges and their friends, To garden that is really grand, And everyone in raptures sends. Rhiannon, though, on trampoline, Got ankle in an awful twist, And so it meant a doctor seen, And … Continue reading →

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Happy and Successful Two Oh One Nine!

Posted on January 1, 2019 by colonialist

Or to two, oh, two, oh, (less one, too)! We visited the home of Much Better Half’s sister and husband for a delicious braaivleis (cook-meat; barbeque) and salads and stuff, and were entertained by the departure of, I think, the … Continue reading →

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