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GARDEN HOEKIE

By smiffie ⋅ June 10, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

with Julian
Don’t forget to…. Mulch around the root system of vulnerable plants before our real winter sets in.
Protect your frost-tender plants. Vilene seems to be as good as any other method and it’s available locally at around R4 a meter. Otherwise make grass wigwams or drape hessian around a tripod of poles. [...]

GARDEN HOEKIE

By smiffie ⋅ March 2, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

as Julian heads for Autumn
It comes as a bit of a shock to realise that towards the end of this month it’s Easter again and that means the summer is almost over, and if the weather patterns have returned to normal, as they appear to have done, we’re going to get heavy rains and [...]

Julian’s Garden Hoekie

By smiffie ⋅ February 2, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Can you believe it? January’s finished. The Bokmakieries have gone into hiding and stopped their calling, and I’m sure that the mozzies are bigger and more prolific than last year.
Either that or the bats are overfed and lazy. This year there seems to be a surfeit of male mozzies – millions of them, in fact. [...]

Julian’s Garden Hoekie

By smiffie ⋅ January 5, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Hi Almal
Geseende Krismis and a Happy New Year! Onse Smiffie kom vroeg hierdie maand so ek sal dit net betyds vang.
The drought is terrible and “they” have the gall to say El Nino is yet to come. Dis klaar hier! The water has been undrinkable and something so vile cannot, I’m sure, be good for [...]

Julian’s Garden Hoekie

By smiffie ⋅ December 5, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Hi Folks - With this weird weather it is vital to mulch. And I hope you’ve sorted out any drainage problems as previously discussed, especially in driveways, parking areas and around the house.

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