YOUR WETLAND GARDEN Unlike rivers or streams, where flowing water is usually present, wetlands are generally waterlogged during the winter months, but can be almost dry in summer. Give-away signs of their presrence include flat or slightly depressed areas, standing...
Congratulations! Or is that Commiserations? You’ve recently moved to a new house, probably with 1 of 3 types of gardens – a fairly established one (lucky you!); or a lawn all around the house (sterile!); or (the worst!) a new-build with dead bricks and piles of...
Because of the combination of acidic soils, north-western winds which bring winter rains and drying south-eastern winds, gardening here is very different from the rest of the country. Also, believe it or not, one side of town has very different growing conditions to...
This month, let’s get a bit more technical about alien invasive plants. Remember, that alien plants are not naturally found in this area, but are not necessarily invasive. Invasive plants spread aggressively, are very, very thirsty and lead to the decline or...
Gardening in the Overberg – the good and the bad and the truth, from the Kogelberg Garden Circle So, you want to plant trees. But which ones? Therein lies the rub, as Shakespeare said! The advice is so conflicting. What we do hear most often is, “Take out...