tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post5667378195214004160..comments2023-07-26T17:20:34.426+02:00Comments on Elephant's Eye: October’s wildflowers 2011Diana Studerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-43833750673507614402011-11-04T15:21:40.431+02:002011-11-04T15:21:40.431+02:00Diana, you have a lot of beautiful wildflowers, an...Diana, you have a lot of beautiful wildflowers, and the photos are doubly beautiful indeed! Now i realized i am not making mosaics anymore, it was just a past craze, maybe i should do it again.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06044386271018560595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-44080631987620641122011-11-04T15:07:08.662+02:002011-11-04T15:07:08.662+02:00Marie - edible fynbos? There was a herb and edible...Marie - edible fynbos? There was a herb and edible garden at the Hout Bay Museum. I have a booklet from them. And also at Kirstenbosch. We have wild amaranth, but I can't quite bring myself to try it. What if? I do eat Oxalis and Tulbaghia leaves.Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-86114762083455054832011-11-04T08:11:12.219+02:002011-11-04T08:11:12.219+02:00Fynbos is something I would like to know better, D...Fynbos is something I would like to know better, Diana, especially edible plants. We bought the book KUKAMAKRANKA by Renate Coetzee, but still one is so hesitant to try things out. Of course this brings me to your idea of planting fynbos as one cannot go and ransack the "veld"!Marie Theronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04873852756825147600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-64207771393598543622011-11-03T23:34:51.157+02:002011-11-03T23:34:51.157+02:00Christina - I'll be back to see your olives.Christina - I'll be back to see your olives.Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-21242640799933871122011-11-03T11:52:12.749+02:002011-11-03T11:52:12.749+02:00Can be tongue-tied comment wise, Diana, as your po...Can be tongue-tied comment wise, Diana, as your posts invite so much to say.<br /><br />Felt a bit like the sunbird when spotted your blue sage (I wish). Seeing the familiar as at home in your zone as mine a hands across the world feeling. And then there is the shock of the new- totally unfamiliar Watsonias, Veltheimia. Have to look them up and thus become knowledgeable before the dreaded Lost Memorus sets in. Must remember miniscule.Laura Bloomsburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03163589497828975276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-63571224844707375132011-11-03T10:22:03.641+02:002011-11-03T10:22:03.641+02:00I always love reading your blog, and I usually do ...I always love reading your blog, and I usually do leave comments. I'm so enjoying the fact that for you it really is spring/summer arriving and not the false spring I'm experiencing here. ChristinaChristinahttp://myhesperidesgarden.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-81170640163914335522011-11-03T00:07:00.348+02:002011-11-03T00:07:00.348+02:00What a wonderful selection of flowers you have blo...What a wonderful selection of flowers you have blooming - I am so envious - in the UK everything is going over ready for winter. Just to see your sunny post makes me feel a little better.elaine https://www.blogger.com/profile/17075935631756457901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-52245621651058846352011-11-02T23:43:50.525+02:002011-11-02T23:43:50.525+02:00Hi Diana,
I love all your beautiful flowers in you...Hi Diana,<br />I love all your beautiful flowers in your garden. Amazing!<br />I turned my word verification off for a while but I got so much unpleasent spam as well as people trying to sell me stuff, that I had to turned it back on again. With the word verification on I get no spam at all.<br />All the best,<br />xx IngridOF SPRING AND SUMMERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183768795401128985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-44517392653815156412011-11-02T02:48:54.671+02:002011-11-02T02:48:54.671+02:00Wonderful wildflowers! I love the photos of the sc...Wonderful wildflowers! I love the photos of the scabiosa and the painted lady! Your garden is so vibrant, a testament to your loving care for your particular spot of earth.debsgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656883577922890561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-83624468002855475962011-11-01T06:53:57.141+02:002011-11-01T06:53:57.141+02:00So many beauties blooming in your garden--I love t...So many beauties blooming in your garden--I love the creatures on the Scabiosa blooms! It's wonderful to experience spring virtually through your blog as we (in reality) head for winter.Beth at PlantPostingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10473637655960119672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-35798488714205570732011-11-01T01:01:14.665+02:002011-11-01T01:01:14.665+02:00There's no question your beautiful Scabiosa is...There's no question your beautiful Scabiosa is the focal point of your garden buffet, at least for the butterflies. I love your assortment of Pelargonium blooms too. We have very little left in bloom now that the nights are turning cold, and days drawing so short. Makes me anxious for spring already!Curbstone Valley Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06714297348566721344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-68152172926268659722011-10-31T13:26:39.349+02:002011-10-31T13:26:39.349+02:00Landscapelover - now you are in India, new plant p...Landscapelover - now you are in India, new plant possibilities open up.Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-2364033369286033102011-10-31T12:34:35.235+02:002011-10-31T12:34:35.235+02:00I loved your pictures and descriptions of these &#...I loved your pictures and descriptions of these 'wildflowers' - many of them very beautiful. Several times I struggled with melianthus major but our damp English winters always killed it off. I love the image of your sunbird claiming it as his / her own!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-73962532310237607042011-10-31T09:16:35.534+02:002011-10-31T09:16:35.534+02:00I find that I have a lot of lurkers as well who ne...I find that I have a lot of lurkers as well who never comment, some of them often turning out to be friends. I don't think people always realise how easy it is to comment and how muxh it means to a blogger.<br /><br />Again, as always, I am amazed at the flowers in your garden. I started climbing into mine over the weekend to try and get (and then hopefully keep) it into shape. If I can just find somebody to take my two big palm trees off my hands so that I can open up my garden.Firefly the Travel Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03278794823093520621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-9353470085572047112011-10-31T03:52:16.141+02:002011-10-31T03:52:16.141+02:00Just found you via Pam's blog Digging.
I...Just found you via Pam's blog Digging. <br /><br />I'm always interested in climates that are anywhere similar to mine - I'm in Phoenix, Arizona, USA - classed as low desert. <br /><br />I'll be adding you to my regular reads.Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15597630887713954960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-7886277076184996032011-10-30T17:22:32.338+02:002011-10-30T17:22:32.338+02:00South African beauty!
Glad to found another SA b...South African beauty! <br /><br />Glad to found another SA blogger (my husband grew up in Cape Town), and still have tons of family there and Joberg.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />DewiDewihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03042444512389457494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-11158986342357658422011-10-30T15:46:42.308+02:002011-10-30T15:46:42.308+02:00Oh Diana these are some of the most beautiful wild...Oh Diana these are some of the most beautiful wildflowers I have seen. I love seeing familiar flowers like scabiosa and now I know where they are wildflowers...for me an exotic I love that still blooms here even after many freezes...and the butterflies are a welcome sight. So nice to see things in your graden I cannot anymore and can dream of through your beautiful garden.Donnahttp://gardenseyeview.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-57005631740669164152011-10-30T13:51:51.341+02:002011-10-30T13:51:51.341+02:00Always enjoy visiting your blog and the lovely pic...Always enjoy visiting your blog and the lovely pictures...Lrong Limhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16071380270069499888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-9310252194811748992011-10-30T13:02:30.827+02:002011-10-30T13:02:30.827+02:00Nell Jean - that NASTY rant was also on Catmint an...Nell Jean - that NASTY rant was also on Catmint and Jen Muddy Boots. Busy sad man.<br /><br />Catmint - we do also have African Monarchs, but I am ashamed to admit I'm still trying to ID one.Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-62616456657809877642011-10-30T05:40:54.762+02:002011-10-30T05:40:54.762+02:00Lovely pics of lovely flowers, I think the cream o...Lovely pics of lovely flowers, I think the cream ones are my faves. is the painted lady the same as monarch? The bietou is special because you have adopted and nurtured its growth as a gift from the birds ...Sue Catminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-38524594066344094572011-10-30T05:27:44.972+02:002011-10-30T05:27:44.972+02:00Always something delightful on your blog. I'm ...Always something delightful on your blog. I'm noticing that fewer of us are commenting everywhere. I'm making an effort to resume commenting. I'm hoping that my fall-to-winter blogging will be worthy of comments.<br /><br />Someone left a rant against women as a comment on my blog today. I simply marked it as spam, blocked the sender and deleted it. I don't care if he is boycotting American women (we're probably glad for it), but my blog is not his forum.Jean Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09000315400392984647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-82240832077450079062011-10-29T22:12:51.122+02:002011-10-29T22:12:51.122+02:00It is a pleasure to walk on your wonderfull blog, ...It is a pleasure to walk on your wonderfull blog, lovely fotos , best regard from Belgium.Louisettehttp://retriever-louisettesblogs.blogspot.com/p/mon-blog-ex-expats-katanga-memory.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-17467015299427692502011-10-29T21:47:16.279+02:002011-10-29T21:47:16.279+02:00Beautiful blommies and outstanding photos! I lurk ...Beautiful blommies and outstanding photos! I lurk and comment - when I don't comment, know I am lurking :)Christine @ the Gardening Bloghttp://www.thegardeningblog.co.za/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-40459048940743770702011-10-29T21:28:26.106+02:002011-10-29T21:28:26.106+02:00Holley - sometimes the picture runs away with the ...Holley - sometimes the picture runs away with the story ;~)Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234209863121615779.post-82212519165967570332011-10-29T21:15:46.779+02:002011-10-29T21:15:46.779+02:00Your flowers are beautiful - and so many of them t...Your flowers are beautiful - and so many of them that I am very envious. I would keep using miniscule, always tiny to me and sounds the part too!easygardenerhttp://greenforks.com/noreply@blogger.com