If you don’t possess the greenest of thumbs, don’t worry! There are plenty of low-maintenance houseplants that thrive with just minimal care, and we’re happy to highlight some of them for you. First up is oxalis triangularis. The oxalis family is large and varied, including some rampantly invasive varieties than have g
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Hello dear friends! I can not believe that today is the first day of autumn already!! Well, over here it is autumn and officially my favourite season... It is a balmy beautiful evening in Cape Town and a cascading starry sky hangs above us! Totally gorgeous. As I was on my way home from a service for the World Wide Day of Prayer for Women I was wondering what I am going to blog about and then I checked into my blog and my eye fell on this beautiful conservatory...and voila! I was on a mission.... The conservatory above is my favourite of all time! It is also from one of my favourite houses ever... Henk and Monika Smith's amazing home, of which I can never get enough! So, then I found a few more that grabbed my fancy... This image is quite amazing... you can quickly bend down and retrieve your jaw from the ground! It's like a dream, isn't it? I could not find the correct photo credit and it just said Winter Palace . Does anyone know? Anyway, I could do a great deal of daydream believing in there!!! It's like a movie set for a romantic scene and ..well...let your imagination go... a proposal perhaps? These beauties are at Schonbrunn Palace Vienna. Love the shape and can you just imagine the treasures they hold? Everything we need is here... beautiful shapes, a chandy, an elegant bench, a water feature and one of my favourite tree ferns...perfect! Is it just me or does a conservatory hold a sense of mystique for you as well? Just the place to while away a lazy Sunday.... The architectural detail on conservatories are always beguling. I think its time to take a look at some daybeds for another post. I bet you all have a favourite lurking in your wish list closet! Enchanting... On Monday I will introduce another wonderful blog in my Blog it Forward Series and on Tuesday is our monthly international Bloggers post for "By Invitation Only" and this time I will be taking you on a tour of my wonderful city of Cape Town! Have a fab Friday Live well Veronica xxx Images ~ Pinteres and House and Leisure
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Growing new types of edible plants is so exciting! Back in February, a small group of folks from our local Ypsi Growers Co-operative group placed plant orders together- it was nice to strategize how to split the orders together, and talk about what varieties we each would choose. We decided there was enough interest to place an order for asparagus from De Bruyn, potatoes from Seed Savers Exchange, and a variety of native fruit trees from Lucas Soil and Water Conservation District. I ordered several varieties of potatoes Rose Finn Apple, German Butterball, Yukon Gold, and Mountain Rose. I'll also have an apricot tree, which I have to magically create a space for. I am excited to say that today my asparagus order came in! I bought 10 crowns ("crowns" are what you call a 1-2 year old asparagus plant) total; 5 Jersery Knight and 5 Purple Passion. I planted them in alternating order. They'll be beautiful! Also- asparagus crown totally look like weird spiders, don't they? I have a good feeling it'll be a fun plant to watch. How-To Plant Asparagus in your home garden: Step 1: Pick your site & Grab tools Tools needed are pretty basic: a wheelbarrow, a shovel, some work gloves, and a rake. Decide where you want to put your asparagus crowns. They're perennials, so choose good spot- they'll be there for a while! Asparagus does best in full sun. Crowns need to be spaced 1-1.5 ft apart, so factor that into your location choice as well. Ideally, soil will be light and well-drained. Step 2: Dig a trench You'll be planting the asparagus crowns in a trench, and then back-filling the soil, so it's time to get digging! The trench you're digging should be 8-12" deep and about 12" across. Remember, crowns need to be at least a foot apart, so when you're digging, give them enough space! As you're digging, you'll want to set the excess soil somewhere where you can easily scoop it up again; you'll be needing it a few steps from now! Once you finish, you can smooth out the bottom of the trench with a rake or a shovel. Step 3: Make a small ridge at base & place crowns When you're finished with the trench, you can either back fill a small amount of dirt you just dug up, or add compost, which is what I chose to do. You're making a 3" tall ridge that spans the length of the trench and is 3-5 inches wide. (See left) When you're done adding the ridge, you can place the crowns. Everything I've read says you can spread the roots out, but it's not necessary. Step 4: Backfill the trench Once crowns are place, you can start to backfill. I've read conflicting things- several sources said to only backfill 2-3" over the crowns, and several sources said to just go ahead and backfill all the way. Although this picture doesn't show it, I chose to backfill so the tops of the crowns were covered, but to not completely finish the job. As the plants send up asparagus shoots, I'll fill the rest in. Now you know the ropes. Is there any asparagus planting in your future?
Can't get enough of them, and no garden is complete without a few,(or who am I kidding, ... dozens), of succulents, as well as some complementary bromeliads such as Dyckias and Aechmea recurvata cultivars that can handle full hot sun. Again, even if nothing ever bloomed here, the color contrasts and variations on a theme complement each other. Echeverias, Sedums, Aloes, I could actually design a garden only using these 3 plant groups, but not being a real minimalist, I've never tried such a limited plant composition. Certainly the textural, color and seasonal variation of these 3 is sufficient that it could be done... These plantings are also a good example of flow in a garden, and how it gives a sense of movement, leading the eye to the final platform at the seat/bench.
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So you want to have a beautiful yard filled with plants that will add character, but you have no sun because your entire yard is covered with trees? Do you have a back covered patio that’s in need of some refreshing and updating? Well, we at Garden Valley Farmers Market, have got you covered with o
