Winter

Marble at 10 Months old and still Growing . . .

Winter is here

Our Aloes are in Bloom

Our Veranda 

Carved Pagoda Beams

The beams for the pagoda at the back of the house are carved and going up . . . (looking at the photo, I feel proud of my handy work)

The adjacent rooms should not be too dark; we are planning to grow a beautiful, fragrant rose on the pagoda.  



~ "New Dawn" Roses - from gardenbuilders.co.uk site ~

 

~ "Blue Moon", growing in our Veg Garden ~



Would appreciate advice on a climbing variety that would like our wet winter and very hot summer.

~ Vegetables from the Babenhorst Farm ~

~ Badenhorst Wine ~

Met a young couple on a farm near Wellington. They grow the most beautiful vegetables and also produce their own wine.

Our vegetable garden is coming along slowly but surely. . . The weather has been fantastic since Saturday morning; we started to paint the “werf mure” (the walls in the garden). Begun to put up supports for the Espalier Fruit Trees I hope to plant along the fence at the Vegetable Garden.

The following  photos were taken nearby at Babylonstoren


~ Espalier Fig Trees ~



~ Espalier Peach Trees ~





~ Espalier Plum Trees ~



Timing

the decision to replace the 1960's window with a sash window,

this week, could not have been more ill-timed.

Freezing cold and raining!

 

It looks much better

Little Mini and Slick - a lot more comfy in their basket . . .