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August in the Garden #Springflowers

22 Monday Aug 2016

Posted by Brigid Jackson in Flowers, Reblog

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Flowers, garden, gardening, nature, photography, plants

This gallery contains 10 photos.


Bath gardening with mini worm farms installed

11 Monday May 2015

Posted by Brigid Jackson in earthworms, Garden Creatures

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bath gardening, nature, organic, recycle, worm farm


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3 baths, one plastic and the other 2 cast iron were relocated from the old garden. We have decided to grow vegetables in them, as a preventative measure against the porcupines devouring all the vegetables. Here we have Happy installing a mini worm farm.

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Holes were punched out the bottom of the bucket as well as the lid

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Installation complete, ready for planting.

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Twinkle of the December Full Moon

14 Sunday Dec 2014

Posted by Brigid Jackson in Cape Town, Colours, Eco Tourism

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December, False Bay, moon, nature, sea, twinkle


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Twinkle of the December Full Moon over the sea

Weekly Photo Challenge theme of Twinkle

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Twinkle.”

Butterfly

23 Tuesday Sep 2014

Posted by Brigid Jackson in Colours, ecology, Flowers, Quotes

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butterfly, environment, flower, garden, nature, quotes


Butterflies are self propelled flowers!

Butterflies are self-propelled flowers!

Spring Equinox

22 Monday Sep 2014

Posted by Brigid Jackson in Cape Town, Eco Tourism, Flowers

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Cape Town, environment, Flowers, nature, photography, plants, quote, Spring


Spring is when life is alive in everything. Christina Rossetti

Spring is when life is alive in everything.
Christina Rossetti

Ariston’s “Best of the Best” in Spring

19 Friday Sep 2014

Posted by Brigid Jackson in Cape Town, Gardens

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Cape Town, Flowers, garden, gardening, home grown, nature, organic, plants


Dog Rose on the fence

Dog Rose on the fence

Pots at the end of Dunluce Ave supplied by Alan Dawson Gardens

Pots at the end of Dunluce Ave supplied by Alan Dawson Gardens

Dog Rose

Dog Rose

Bulbs in pots under the Chevron

Bulbs in pots under the Chevron

Lemon tree flowering

Lemon tree flowering

Nasturtiums

Nasturtiums

The Harfielder's bean are flowering

The Harfielder’s bean are flowering

Workshop garden

Workshop garden

the plants in the ZTL garden

the plants in the ZTL garden

Borage growing wild

Borage growing wild

The pajama bush in full flower (Lobostemon)

The pajama bush in full flower (Lobostemon)

Fennel growing wild

Fennel growing wild

Happy in the garden

Happy in the garden

Pastel pinks and Blues on the mountain

09 Tuesday Sep 2014

Posted by Brigid Jackson in Cape Town, Colours, Eco Tourism, Flowers, South African Endemic

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Cape Town, environment, Erica Baccans, Flowers, Lobostemon, nature, photography, plants, South African endemic plant


Erica Baccans and Lobostemon growing wild on the mountain

Erica Baccans and Lobostemon growing wild on the mountain

Lobostemon

Lobostemon

Satynblom

27 Wednesday Aug 2014

Posted by Brigid Jackson in Bulbs, Colours, Flowers, South African Endemic

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bulb, Clania glenlyonensis, Flowers, Monkey Beetle, Namaqualand, nature, photography, plants, Pollen, pollinator, Romulea Momadelpha, Satynblom, South African endemic plant


The Satynblom is a stemless geophyte occuring in the Hantam Karoo
The lovely large glossy red flowers (hence the common namesatynblom), have black markings on the inside and anther filaments that are fused into a column.

The Monkey Beetle (Clania glenlyonensis) ” is a main pollinator of Romulea monadelpha and within the Hantam National Botanical Garden. It also visits a range of other flowers, and because of its rapid and busy flight, high loads of pollen carried on its hairy body, and large numbers, it is considered a keystone pollinator.

Satyn Flower Romulea monadelpha

Satyn Flower
Romulea monadelpha

Malachite Sunbird

25 Monday Aug 2014

Posted by Brigid Jackson in Birds, Colours, ecology, Garden Creatures

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Breeding Malachite Sunbird, environment, Malachite Sunbird, nature, photography


The malachite sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) is a small nectivorous bird.
The breeding male malachite sunbird, which has very long central tail feathers, is 25 cm long, and the shorter-tailed female 15 cm. The adult male is metallic green when breeding, with blackish-green wings with small yellow pectoral patches.

Most sunbird species can take nectar by hovering like a hummingbird, but usually perch to feed most of the time. As a fairly large sunbird, the malachite sunbird is no exception. They have long thin down-curved bills and brush-tipped tubular tongues, both adaptations to nectar feeding. Some plant species from which malachite sunbirds feed include many Aloe species, such as Aloe broomii, Aloe ferox and Aloe arborescens, and Protea species, such as Protea roupelliae as well as various other bird-pollinated plants such as Leonotis and Strelitzia.

The call is a loud tseep-tseep, and the male malachite sunbird has a twittering song

Breeding Malachite Sunbird

Breeding Malachite Sunbird

Mr and Mrs Malachite Sunbird

Mr and Mrs Malachite Sunbird. This species is monogamous

Honey Badger damage

23 Saturday Aug 2014

Posted by Brigid Jackson in ecology, Garden Creatures, Honey Bee

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environment, honey, Honey Badger, honey bee, nature


The Honey Badger is also known as a Ratel. Ratel is an Afrikaans word, possibly derived from the Middle Dutch word for rattle, honeycomb (either because of its cry or its taste for honey).  It is primarily a carnivorous species and has few natural predators because of its thick skin and ferocious defensive abilities.

Honey badgers favor bee honey, and will often search for beehives to get it, which earns them their name.

Honey Badger damage

Honey Badger damage

these bees have relocated to an old tyre.

these bees have relocated to an old tyre.

Honey Badger

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Honey Badger range

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