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The green jewel of the east coast
21 October 202126 October 2021 Janette Bennett

The green jewel of the east coast

Eastern Cape, Environment, Garden, Trees, Wild things

Kwelera National Botanical Garden takes shape   We’re standing in the middle of a wetland deep in the cultivated portion of the Kwelera National Botanical Garden. But there is no water, just a thick covering of invasive solanum, ready to

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Taking a walk with Nomama Mei
2 December 201930 December 2019 Janette Bennett

Taking a walk with Nomama Mei

Eastern Cape, Environment, People

Nomama Mei and I are walking, and talking, along the shore of the Kwelera Nature Reserve, now part of the new Kwelera National Botanical Garden. Mid-sentence, she crouches and strokes a plant with wide, green leaves, just emerging from the

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There be giants here
10 October 201224 November 2019 Under the milkwood

There be giants here

Garden, Propagation

Only the most intrepid of us – like my dear V – have ventured outside in the rain and wind of the past week. And he did it all for me. I have quite an affair going with growing new

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Jewels of the bush
11 September 20126 December 2019 Under the milkwood

Jewels of the bush

Eastern Cape, Garden, Propagation

Not long after we moved to East London, I found myself wending my car along a dusty farm track. I was searching for a nursery I’d heard about, one with a great variety of bromeliads, indigenous bulbs and clivia. Suddenly,

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This serious frenzy of making babies
10 September 201224 November 2019 Under the milkwood

This serious frenzy of making babies

Garden, Propagation, Vegetable gardens

My method for rooting cuttings seems to be fairly successful, even with “difficult” plants, but my attempts to get seeds to grow is another story. V also, with his chilli obsession, tries to grow plants from seeds, but sadly, his

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Go native
23 August 20126 December 2019 Under the milkwood

Go native

Eastern Cape, Environment, Garden, Trees, Wild things

Down here in South Africa, especially along the coast, we seem to have a perpetual fixation with palm trees. I know, I know … we’re trying to evoke a sense of being on a tropical island. Or something. But it’s

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Spreading the joy
25 June 20126 December 2019 Under the milkwood

Spreading the joy

Garden, People, Propagation

Gardens are made to be shared – not just through sight and the other senses, but most importantly, through cuttings, roots and seeds that spread the joy and peace that only a garden can give. I learnt that from one

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Mid-winter pleasures
21 June 201221 November 2019 Under the milkwood

Mid-winter pleasures

Garden, Wild things

It’s the winter solstice today here in the South. In theory, it’s the middle of winter. But it’s far from a typical winter day: in this summer-rainfall area, most of the morning has been wet and overcast. I pull on

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It’s okay to be potty
12 June 201224 November 2019 Under the milkwood

It’s okay to be potty

Garden, Reinvention

Our old wheelbarrow has worked so hard that it’s truly on its last legs … um, wheels. And I can’t wait for it to call it a day. I can picture it, parked in its final resting place in the

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The colour orange
1 June 201224 November 2019 Under the milkwood

The colour orange

Garden, Wild things

One of the things I love about living in my part of this part of the world is that there is always something to make you happy in the garden, even as we creep towards mid-winter (officially, that’s just three

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