My Wild Olive (Olienhout in Afrikaans), planted in 2006 in my pond area, has suprised me with the most gorgeous little "olives"...

(My apologies for the rather lengthy story, but it is well worth the read!)   Out in the country, close by the roadside, there wa...

Dear Miss Peachy, I think you are highly confused or there is wishful thinking on your part. We're heading into the cold of wint...

Soft golden browns foretell  the aging of the year. Leafless branches curve their shapes against the autumn sky. In their nak...

Torti .  It's a late-Autumn afternoon and the day is balmy. It's just after 3pm and in a couple of hours it will be cold, t...

Black-headed Oriole enjoying an orange at one of my feeders We all love to hear the sound of birds in the garden and the sigh...

I would love to have a garden that has all the trees from which one can harvest food - lemons, coconuts, marula, kei apples, olives and many...