It is actually amazing that this blog still exists. I just received a notification from blogger about it and I honestly completely forgot that I created this as a way to remember my gardening trial and errors. I never stopped gardening.
I stay in Cape Town and we have been in the grips of a severe drought since 2015. This year is actually the first time that our dams are getting full. Last year this time the combined dam levels were at 37.5% and now the levels are close to 80%. Praise God for answered prayers.
The garden has been watered from borehole water and if any fall, rainwater. The whole saving water has been a lesson on its own. I learnt that our borehole has too much iron and it killed all my root vegetables. It also kills all the snails. So we had to install a filter and a pump and now we can use the water for irrigation and laundry.
Currently growing in my garden is broccoli, butter lettuce, tomatoes, onions, broad beans and spinach . Rocket has gone to seed and I managed to harvest 2 squash from a plant that self seeded.
I sowed eggplant seeds on Saturday and am holding thumbs that it will take since I have never had success with it.
One of the greatest lessons I learnt in my gardening journey is that soil preparation and watering is key. Without those 2 all the minerals you add to the garden counts for nothing.
Stay blessed.
Tuinmeisie
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