tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721726002898000502024-03-16T20:53:10.975+02:00🌿 Tuinmaak in Suid Afrika 🌵🌿 ’n Tuin - 'n plek waar jy kan rus in vrede, ontkoppel van eksterne probleme en bekommernisse. 'n Tuin vol bome en baie voëltjies. ’n Tuin vol skoenlappers, besies, bye en allerhande ander insekte! 🐝 'n Tuin vol vetplante! 🌵Maree Clarksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16274329795088706720noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972172600289800050.post-15476005765050510332023-06-01T05:30:00.003+02:002023-09-26T09:28:39.312+02:00‘n Eko-vriendelike tuin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Wanneer laas kon jy ‘n skoenlapper se pragtige kleure bewonder? Of 'n by waar hy naarstigtelik besig is om stuifmeel bymekaar te maak? Lanklaas? Waarskynlik, want deesdae word alles mos bespuit met al wat gif is. Selfs heuningbye word bedreig.<br />
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Waarvan ons en ons nageslag gaan lewe as heuningbye en skoenlappers van die aarde af verdwyn, is ‘n ope vraag. Naas water en suurstof, is bye en skoenlappers onmisbaar vir oorlewing, want daar is niks wat die bestuiwingsfunksie so kan vervul nie, en niemand kan daardie funksie by hulle oorneem nie. Die goeie nuus is dat ons kan tuinmaak om skoenlappers en bye te lok. <span style="font-size: small;">Omdat die huidige habitats en</span><span style="font-size: small;"> voedselbronne minder word, moet</span><span style="font-size: small;"> ons bestaande bye-vriendelike</span><span style="font-size: small;"> plante beskerm en in stand hou</span><span style="font-size: small;"> deur meer bye-vriendelike</span><span style="font-size: small;"> plante aan te plant.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Hoewel bloekombome indringers</span><span> kan wees, is hulle baie belangrik as 'n voedselbron vir ons inheemse bye. Die doel is om,</span><span> deur</span><span> goeie bestuur, bloekombome te behou as voedselbron vir ons bye. </span><span>Grondeienaars moet</span><span> </span><span><span>die </span>spesies en ligging</span><span> van bloekombome op hul</span><span> plase identifiseer.</span><span> Dié sonder bloekombome</span><span> kan dit oorweeg om sekere nie-</span><span>genoteerde spesies (bv.E. ficifolia of E. gomphocephala) te plant waar hulle nie waterbronne bedreig of 'n indringingsgevaar stel nie.</span><br /></span>
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In ‘n eko-vriendelike tuin is daar nie plek vir insektedoders nie. Of dit nou ‘n kontakdoder of ‘n sistemiese middel is, los dit. Aan die begin sal dit dalk moeilik wees, want die natuurlike vyande sou lankal die wyk geneem het omdat daar nie kos is nie. Ek kan nie onthou wanneer laas ek insekdoders in my tuin gebruik het nie. Nou die oggend sit ek en luister na die voëlgeluide. Ek besef toe dis omdat ek nie meer gif spuit nie dat hier meer goggas is, en omdat hier meer goggas is, is hier meer voëltjies, want hier is genoeg kos om te oorleef en kleintjies groot te maak.<div><br /></div><div><br />
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geure dikwels gebruik om ’n maat te vind—wat nie ’n maklike taak is as
jou lewensduur net ’n paar weke is en daar maar min voornemende maats in
die omgewing is nie.
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Insekte speel ’n noodsaaklike rol in ons daaglikse lewe. Trouens,
ongeveer 30 persent van die voedselsoorte wat ons eet, is afhanklik van
bestuiwing deur bye, waarvan die meeste wilde bye is. Maar bestuiwing is
net een van die nuttige take wat insekte verrig. Insekte hou die aarde
skoon deur middel van ’n doeltreffende herwinningstelsel wanneer hulle
dooie plant- en dieremateriaal in bruikbare vorme omsit. Sodoende word
die grond vrugbaarder gemaak, en voedingstowwe wat vrygestel word, kan
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Wyfiepouoogmotte vind ’n maat deur
’n reuk af te skei wat so sterk is dat ’n mannetjie byna 11 kilometer
daarvandaan die wyfie kan vind. Sy sensitiewe voelers kan ’n enkele
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Krieke, sprinkane en sonbesies
verkies om hulleself hoorbaar te maak. Selfs die mens kan die minnesang
van die sonbesie hoor wanneer hy sy hele liggaam in ’n klankbord
verander. ’n Groot groep sonbesies wat besig is met hofmakery, kan meer
geraas as ’n lugboor maak! <br />
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Maar dit gaan nie net oor die gebruik van gifstowwe nie. Ons kan heelwat doen om ons tuine meer aanloklik vir die veervolk te maak. Daar is heelwat plante wat veral skoenlappers kan terug lok tuin toe, soos die Koraalboom (Erythrina lystemon), die Notsung, ook genoem Fuschia, (Halleria lucida), en die Drolpeer (Dombeya rotundifolia). <div><br /></div><div>‘n Goeie keuse vir tussen klippe of op ‘n rotstuin is die Crassula perfoliata. Ander plante is die Sonbekkiebos (Metarungia longistrobus), Fynblaarrooihout (Ochna serrulata), en die Wilde-pynappel (Eucomis Comosa, Eucomis autumnalis en die Eucomis humilis).</div><div><br />
Al die vuurpyle (Kniphofia) variëteite, Makhaya bella, Freylinia tropica, Juncus effesus en selfs die Varkoor hou van skaduwee en baie water.<br />
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Geniet die skoenlappers wat terugkom en onthou -- ‘n ruspe is net ‘n skoenlapper wat nog nie vlerke gekry het nie!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">- Sommige van die inligting vanaf <a href="http://kormorant.co.za/" target="_blank">'Kormorant' </a></span><br />
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Hier by die kus doen ek dit gereeld, want partymaal is dit gans te warm vir my gedurende die dag, veral in die somer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVL4kbmGMaoHmMtxE4UpdUGNu78HlHaNNuQxPLfxqUOLaj5H1AmtQycAGrnr_GCQDpr8oMvOt3aN7T_xhdssKuylq3BZlziByQosgrrPF3mvkCXNEn3J7yzdZUqfR-yMtFuFXdT80h-lIW_wI-4SFuxkv4aNbydcl7439pOl3MRp544fDWhoJYCFsoeQ/s4032/IMG_6256.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVL4kbmGMaoHmMtxE4UpdUGNu78HlHaNNuQxPLfxqUOLaj5H1AmtQycAGrnr_GCQDpr8oMvOt3aN7T_xhdssKuylq3BZlziByQosgrrPF3mvkCXNEn3J7yzdZUqfR-yMtFuFXdT80h-lIW_wI-4SFuxkv4aNbydcl7439pOl3MRp544fDWhoJYCFsoeQ/w300-h400/IMG_6256.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Foto vannaand om 7-uur geneem met iPhone 11 Pro</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Vannaand, terwyl ek besig was om die tuin bietjie nat te spuit, het dit my opgeval hoe lewenslustig die plante in die aand lyk. Die rede hoekom ek nat gespuit het, is omdat die plante heeltemal verlep gelyk het vanmiddag. Dit was vandag besonders warm vir 'n Herfs-dag. Maar vannaand het hulle vars gelyk en op aandag gestaan vir die koeler luggie.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCY_sws_i_H7FXz8IbNc535FHnhRgBQWXPrAw1Zo93yi1JUGv82ic9GHxvdwkxdLPWPliMnPdF1GZoKq1vHArL4b4r8S9cdYdRO0Ti22u3OCJhMizVn19DZcePRJElZow69yLdHGtjK3PqAijqMMpbkwMvZo5VlF6wG0rg4kq9EJuEg939vaCeCNSvrQ/s4032/IMG_6255.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCY_sws_i_H7FXz8IbNc535FHnhRgBQWXPrAw1Zo93yi1JUGv82ic9GHxvdwkxdLPWPliMnPdF1GZoKq1vHArL4b4r8S9cdYdRO0Ti22u3OCJhMizVn19DZcePRJElZow69yLdHGtjK3PqAijqMMpbkwMvZo5VlF6wG0rg4kq9EJuEg939vaCeCNSvrQ/w300-h400/IMG_6255.HEIC" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Nog 'n rede om in die aande tyd in die tuin te spandeer, is die pragtige geluidw van die krieke en rietpaddas, selfs die vlermuise soos hulle laag oor die tuin swiep. En dis ook die tyd wanneer allerhande snaakse goeters hul verskyning maak, soos die mol wat ek eergisteraand in die tuin rond gejaag het - wou hom nie seermaak nie, wou net hê dat hy moet trek na anderkand my heining! Dis ook 'n goeie tyd om slakke bymekaar te maak en anderkant die heining los te laat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglLif6Ajnc6ZQt7sFGEwoPOLoU4Z9C_dSW6KesLM_NRySssjK5delXPlyknJa0AaoVKv071BzAKFY5AYmAOMvUZYUz2d-MzTDbK35OymjjTwUItjDqe9sr9I5nk3WC-yzaKqSr70-wM32EFcbRSbCYwVeuXRXuyC6I3dzpCHijyy5es3H6NO1qB6fDcw/s4032/IMG_3482.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglLif6Ajnc6ZQt7sFGEwoPOLoU4Z9C_dSW6KesLM_NRySssjK5delXPlyknJa0AaoVKv071BzAKFY5AYmAOMvUZYUz2d-MzTDbK35OymjjTwUItjDqe9sr9I5nk3WC-yzaKqSr70-wM32EFcbRSbCYwVeuXRXuyC6I3dzpCHijyy5es3H6NO1qB6fDcw/w480-h640/IMG_3482.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Aangesien dit al amper einde-Mei is, is dit streng gesproke seker al Winter, maar hier by die kus ken ons mos nie "winter" nie. 'n Paar <span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; font-size: 14px;">20</span><b style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">°</b><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; font-size: 14px;">C</span><b style="caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 36); color: #202124; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </b>dae met warm kouse en dis ons Winter-ondervinding. Selfs die Swaeltjies kies nie die pad in April nie, hulle dans dwarsdeur die jaar oor die suikerriet anderkant my heining. Dis net sekere plante en bome, soos die Koraalboom (<span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86); color: #4d5156;">Erythrina lysistemon</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 81, 86); color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;">) </span>wat Winter aankondig met blaarlose takke en pragtige rooi blomme.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM_j1QJ7q92Ean-MGDT-i8B9S-7YsMRiR_I_wb9hnBCZtMyMysjnNA1ygKbezomY40HZhHP787Rub4iKbZYStJQj7PVrGaEMpf0WZzW8_gtZFlweP2siXudCSzVW3ABhHlYKqVM110eTxpWWFplA9tsAgX3CgymM1s2XrKEJd5ltRHPxGFCXPur9ePdA/s270/erythrinalyst.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="252" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM_j1QJ7q92Ean-MGDT-i8B9S-7YsMRiR_I_wb9hnBCZtMyMysjnNA1ygKbezomY40HZhHP787Rub4iKbZYStJQj7PVrGaEMpf0WZzW8_gtZFlweP2siXudCSzVW3ABhHlYKqVM110eTxpWWFplA9tsAgX3CgymM1s2XrKEJd5ltRHPxGFCXPur9ePdA/w373-h400/erythrinalyst.jpg" width="373" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, "segoe ui", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "open sans", "helvetica neue", sans-serif; font-size: 20px;" /><span face="Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, "segoe ui", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "open sans", "helvetica neue", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: 20px;">en die neute word donkerder</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, "segoe ui", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "open sans", "helvetica neue", sans-serif; font-size: 20px;" /><span face="Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, "segoe ui", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "open sans", "helvetica neue", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: 20px;">en die bessies het 'n ronder gesig.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, "segoe ui", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "open sans", "helvetica neue", sans-serif; font-size: 20px;" /><span face="Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, "segoe ui", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "open sans", "helvetica neue", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: 20px;">Die roos is nie meer in die stad nie.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, "segoe ui", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "open sans", "helvetica neue", sans-serif; font-size: 20px;" /><span face="Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, "segoe ui", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "open sans", "helvetica neue", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: 20px;">Maple dra 'n geel sjaal.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, "segoe ui", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "open sans", "helvetica neue", sans-serif; font-size: 20px;" /><span face="Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, "segoe ui", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "open sans", "helvetica neue", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: 20px;">Die platteland 'n skarlakenrooi rok,</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, "segoe ui", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "open sans", "helvetica neue", sans-serif; font-size: 20px;" /><span face="Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, "segoe ui", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "open sans", "helvetica neue", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: 20px;">En ek, om nie te verouder nie,</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, "segoe ui", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "open sans", "helvetica neue", sans-serif; font-size: 20px;" /><span face="Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, "segoe ui", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "open sans", "helvetica neue", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: 20px;">Ek sal 'n juweel dra.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Die Somer is Verby<br /></b>--Emily Dickensen</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, "segoe ui", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "open sans", "helvetica neue", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-size: 20px;"><br /></span></div>Maree Clarksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16274329795088706720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972172600289800050.post-33445123335456696222022-12-11T20:47:00.002+02:002022-12-12T08:25:54.177+02:00'n Nuwe ontdekking -- Seweweeksvaring<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi74v9tIE8KG2HFBz_GTcunW7jPWFg_OHbTsb-TJONmW9kop1Kv1HvyxfsC4cPftoKHHh7dVL9ePUZp_CvbFD8QNDvcM_1NHZDsy1N9Gbcek_rvm7--vzA_9leP5Oz52xQ5Ax63P_ZsFUyy768J0u_oGRYCVQiXY9gmAhw4HVi7VnI6bLpzflCrlWZAPA/s1000/LeatherLeafFern1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi74v9tIE8KG2HFBz_GTcunW7jPWFg_OHbTsb-TJONmW9kop1Kv1HvyxfsC4cPftoKHHh7dVL9ePUZp_CvbFD8QNDvcM_1NHZDsy1N9Gbcek_rvm7--vzA_9leP5Oz52xQ5Ax63P_ZsFUyy768J0u_oGRYCVQiXY9gmAhw4HVi7VnI6bLpzflCrlWZAPA/w300-h400/LeatherLeafFern1.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gedurende die afgelope winter het 'n pragtige varing ewe skielik haar verskyning in 'n skaduwee-hoekie in my tuin gemaak en ek het sommer besluit om 'n spesiale hoekie met 'n voëlbad te maak vir al my geveerde vriendjies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Hierdie hoekie is reg buite my slaapkamer venster en ek kan ure sit en dophou hoe hulle bad en stry onder mekaar vir die beste plekkie.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9VLXHZeTXID3VjylYI16sp0Mf4M3AHz31nzQWyTxfQqGdggldik0MxFOmboZ3qOkXJEG9DZ-iLaswc_dbj_wU9Ij_FUgNLDprHLoL-U3ec9Sy_9NsaPBhLUpu1kQPqHFD8xGVTioTOPq71XmZrLKsPp1sWGBdO2ewHrtSYmWl-jC3KtukBe2P6NBhtg/s3024/LeatherLeafBirdbath2.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2703" data-original-width="3024" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9VLXHZeTXID3VjylYI16sp0Mf4M3AHz31nzQWyTxfQqGdggldik0MxFOmboZ3qOkXJEG9DZ-iLaswc_dbj_wU9Ij_FUgNLDprHLoL-U3ec9Sy_9NsaPBhLUpu1kQPqHFD8xGVTioTOPq71XmZrLKsPp1sWGBdO2ewHrtSYmWl-jC3KtukBe2P6NBhtg/w400-h358/LeatherLeafBirdbath2.heic" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Die Gewone waternaeltjie (dalk Pennywort?) het ook vanself tussen die plaveisel opgekom en maak 'n pragtige grondbedekking so tussen die plaveisel.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAg3hIEbyO7MiuK3f88XCn-9W4YxEOFZr53HblNUOPGDyiDNIz2BetrkOUKvhVt3Mv15Y6NA1yChXdvf9d2LPQf0Pwi42gAPW9Y63GmOu_wb3FCxjL4I8vKNdQ3JEF1yUTGjS3P1JU4FhHj3Mnv47bObIABB6bK_hwLI2FU6SG3wqehcjvW0UfYPFotQ/s1024/LeatherLeafBirdbath1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAg3hIEbyO7MiuK3f88XCn-9W4YxEOFZr53HblNUOPGDyiDNIz2BetrkOUKvhVt3Mv15Y6NA1yChXdvf9d2LPQf0Pwi42gAPW9Y63GmOu_wb3FCxjL4I8vKNdQ3JEF1yUTGjS3P1JU4FhHj3Mnv47bObIABB6bK_hwLI2FU6SG3wqehcjvW0UfYPFotQ/w300-h400/LeatherLeafBirdbath1.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #3c4044; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 7px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: #18191a;">Die Seweweeksvaring (Rumohra adiantiformis) is 'n varingspesie wat in Suid-Afrika inheems is aan die Wes-Kaap, Oos-Kaap, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga en Limpopo. Dit groei byvoorbeeld op die grond in die woud van Knysna, maar ook in die fynbos en die bosveld</span><span style="color: #18191a;">. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 7px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: #18191a; font-kerning: none;">Die plant groei nie hoër as 50cm nie en het 'n voorkeur vir vogtige plekkies. </span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Onder natuurlike groeitoestande ontwikkel die seweweeksvaring slegs beperkte hoeveelhede sori op blare, terwyl groot hoeveelhede sori ontwikkel wanneer die varing onder skadunet verbou word.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #3c4044; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjao7ghjLJ6gftI1Ik_zDHLCX7vKSkJ_AWrKVdqILgGQ8C3s4tr-Ec4dGI7_mYI1IFZXFTYKVc7m6S1iIW9n7--hjrKYAcrNgx5VaGPhV5_tOxfR44cEw16kMe-2Br_SbY7FUVCg99C136HcRNfpK5RsA6OU7Uy48avZMFeUs2l4KWGYalkwUzUhWKenA/s2048/D1780065-35D4-48F5-84C1-4E2CD6D30DA5_1_102_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjao7ghjLJ6gftI1Ik_zDHLCX7vKSkJ_AWrKVdqILgGQ8C3s4tr-Ec4dGI7_mYI1IFZXFTYKVc7m6S1iIW9n7--hjrKYAcrNgx5VaGPhV5_tOxfR44cEw16kMe-2Br_SbY7FUVCg99C136HcRNfpK5RsA6OU7Uy48avZMFeUs2l4KWGYalkwUzUhWKenA/w300-h400/D1780065-35D4-48F5-84C1-4E2CD6D30DA5_1_102_a.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="color: #18191b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Met al die reën wat ons die afgelope weke gehad het, het die varing so baie gegroei dat ek een plaveiselblok moes verwyder om haar meer spasie te gee. En net oorkant hierdie een is daar nog twee varinkies wat pos gevat het. Hopelik kan ek 'n gepaste plekkie vir hulle ook kry.</p><p style="color: #18191b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="color: #18191b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Wonder hoekom dit juis Seweweeksvaring genoem word ...?</p><p style="color: #18191b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="color: #18191b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Engels : Leather-leaf Fern</p><p style="color: #18191b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="color: #18191b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">::</p><p style="color: #18191b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="color: #18191b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p></div>Maree Clarksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16274329795088706720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972172600289800050.post-7917980094749203292022-04-07T18:10:00.006+02:002022-04-07T18:34:29.962+02:00En saggies sluip herfs in...<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqavJCrAP4AA6JIv4hq95WsDyqX3xpvdhXLy88Lfweb-IgO_JI712AqW_HjDhJI0Fsk7j54sxz7Em7WL4YwqBRuA-iG1kF6PrigcYKkTI1ai5r7hPKR6G9VdtvuMAaxvq6b5aeQO8E_n9B/s1600/0.fall1leaves.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqavJCrAP4AA6JIv4hq95WsDyqX3xpvdhXLy88Lfweb-IgO_JI712AqW_HjDhJI0Fsk7j54sxz7Em7WL4YwqBRuA-iG1kF6PrigcYKkTI1ai5r7hPKR6G9VdtvuMAaxvq6b5aeQO8E_n9B/s1600/0.fall1leaves.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdmGF3r-6KKBsXSPaBe-gfNxOaun_y5K2jtNGXqbvjI-HSERi5gq887QLg1hv_hmwr8v3iRk_ZaVOFc_SOO09cBTeccIjjEuQQ09vqf64sAk5ywwAB2yzDBwu6YG9x2zY1DhiMqKzXQMoD/s1600/2.AutumnLeavesPeachtree2320a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdmGF3r-6KKBsXSPaBe-gfNxOaun_y5K2jtNGXqbvjI-HSERi5gq887QLg1hv_hmwr8v3iRk_ZaVOFc_SOO09cBTeccIjjEuQQ09vqf64sAk5ywwAB2yzDBwu6YG9x2zY1DhiMqKzXQMoD/s1600/2.AutumnLeavesPeachtree2320a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbGsLvHESDaL4xaZ8Bp82MdU_sTt8M7ELeZ9LKuhTSw5cOy6euCBJL7JFZ7ufNjJyLWHWvAZGRAdpM1Ni-5o-KUQE9bPLiA3hxa2ufJEt1HmGMXEPaSiyr1_joRWFT2nyfnvMU0SydMBLw/s1600/AutumnLeaves-a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbGsLvHESDaL4xaZ8Bp82MdU_sTt8M7ELeZ9LKuhTSw5cOy6euCBJL7JFZ7ufNjJyLWHWvAZGRAdpM1Ni-5o-KUQE9bPLiA3hxa2ufJEt1HmGMXEPaSiyr1_joRWFT2nyfnvMU0SydMBLw/s1600/AutumnLeaves-a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCK-9wBPPtLFcN1C8TnO17_YYmEVPdMN9wDJLqs4JZFH9b2YH-xuEYbCzyDpzTuASKsLd-4FHwSh7ywVh6QSIlnFXhS9S4HqykgXSuzI4NuUCbsMPUPSZ3lq-8tMNG5apSQE2oHPSOJpfV/s1600/AutumnLeavesCeltis2308a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCK-9wBPPtLFcN1C8TnO17_YYmEVPdMN9wDJLqs4JZFH9b2YH-xuEYbCzyDpzTuASKsLd-4FHwSh7ywVh6QSIlnFXhS9S4HqykgXSuzI4NuUCbsMPUPSZ3lq-8tMNG5apSQE2oHPSOJpfV/s1600/AutumnLeavesCeltis2308a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinBGbMpGhSB2bhol-bpbBASJCpoFeptCqKOgPJV8MKjQzs8f_kYTd_uxFcvYNIZyBm2iYVHQUDWRRrqj8npdiIy3FAqIz5lI1zIO80ktF0KxikTmpmMB1s7bvjtV9o0cxLzlYWclkQvp-Q/s1600/AutumnLeavesPeachTree4192.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinBGbMpGhSB2bhol-bpbBASJCpoFeptCqKOgPJV8MKjQzs8f_kYTd_uxFcvYNIZyBm2iYVHQUDWRRrqj8npdiIy3FAqIz5lI1zIO80ktF0KxikTmpmMB1s7bvjtV9o0cxLzlYWclkQvp-Q/s1600/AutumnLeavesPeachTree4192.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />Herfs hier by die kus is heeltemal anders as op die Hoëveld. Die verskuiwing van kleur is minder merkbaar hier. Daar is nie die geel van herfs-Stinkhoutblare nie, of die diep oranjes van perskeboomblare nie, Palm- en Piesangbome bly heeljaar deur groen, so ook die gras (wat hier op die kus in elk geval maar nie te watwonders is nie!) en die Koraalbome vervang hulle groen blare met helder rooi blomme.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJluP9HQ05pEFSSJtFD1MlCxfcepbjv50RHhxnFNAWoFtDj1jKdW_SGmIvxPa_l1xTMH0K-YhQDwgNrIEvMQSmfORQWjeCjZPoV-V5s20bFZbTKjymN8pdLlcMRB5Kb4mzUSrutUNISZNtpCIMNanGT2MPvFUBzwRAedu1zi5SlEFS9fCwFIPq2fPkdg/s1024/E4191BA9-ADBD-459F-84E1-7ADD123454BD_1_105_c.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJluP9HQ05pEFSSJtFD1MlCxfcepbjv50RHhxnFNAWoFtDj1jKdW_SGmIvxPa_l1xTMH0K-YhQDwgNrIEvMQSmfORQWjeCjZPoV-V5s20bFZbTKjymN8pdLlcMRB5Kb4mzUSrutUNISZNtpCIMNanGT2MPvFUBzwRAedu1zi5SlEFS9fCwFIPq2fPkdg/w300-h400/E4191BA9-ADBD-459F-84E1-7ADD123454BD_1_105_c.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC1fXW-Z6THLwyR792w-vQJnuqdJb52vTMhKhzlx7XpFciulpgsqIlBS80Vd_AdHb4swl6bL64TY2Mc5fMVYAyKy2IUmOJ0yRquGt-4jkh2w8MLLJRHHvEpqeHNAS1Ov4sjNpMb18glgix2ysFm_rhT0diSOLGuWI71DHgFf9TwcA_IyahwsqspErSDA/w300-h400/Sunset_1493.heic" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">'n Pragtige Herfs-sonsondergang</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinkriV7NWb3pSzxnVJa-c2soqX-mafxuXUZAgNh9SFbcptaAo6Nx_bqO-48G6BhZ5tyIlw6ETeacA9g8SDYPC3ZjwWwe8YlLTpK0LKm-Icn-G_j2Hy7OR142NA9k_I9laCJWHExoZCe3Uht3Ri68Ia7AfJBwSOf2o11tATTpPa1BE4awqF1R4NOUIKwQ/s1024/6B45A4DD-E9B5-4DF1-90C5-3AFAEB98733E_1_105_c.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinkriV7NWb3pSzxnVJa-c2soqX-mafxuXUZAgNh9SFbcptaAo6Nx_bqO-48G6BhZ5tyIlw6ETeacA9g8SDYPC3ZjwWwe8YlLTpK0LKm-Icn-G_j2Hy7OR142NA9k_I9laCJWHExoZCe3Uht3Ri68Ia7AfJBwSOf2o11tATTpPa1BE4awqF1R4NOUIKwQ/w300-h400/6B45A4DD-E9B5-4DF1-90C5-3AFAEB98733E_1_105_c.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Maar d</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;">it is nogal 'n eksotiese dekoratiewe plant wat die moeite werd is om te hê.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">:::</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>Maree Clarksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16274329795088706720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972172600289800050.post-11801232345143653472019-06-17T13:09:00.000+02:002019-06-17T13:21:17.911+02:00Wag nog 'n bietjie...<b>Ek het nog nie 'n nuwe tuin nie... </b><br />
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Dit is nou 18 maande sedert ons uit Gauteng Natal toe verhuis het waar ons tydelik by my dogter in Ballito woon (totdat ons kan besluit of ons hier wil posvat of nie) en ek het tot dusver nog nie veel met my hande in die aarde gevroetel nie, behalwe om 'n paar steggies vetplante te leen, steel en persent te kry nie. Potjies kan ek darem saam met my vat wanneer ons trek (hopelik binnekort!), aangesien ons tog besluit het om ons hier op hierdie pragtige Noordkus te vestig.<br />
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'n ry Koorsbome met ons straat af - Fever Tree (Vachellia xanthophloea)</div>
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En alles is vreemd vir my - die voëls, die plante, die blomme en die bome-sonder-name. Tog herken ek baie bekendes wat ek al telkemale in my Gauteng-tuin probeer groei het, sonder sukses, soos die Koorsboom (Fever tree), Strelitzia nicolai en Strelitzia reginae en die Natal fig (Ficus natalensis). Van gras is daar geen sprake hier nie - die grasperke is kol-kol kalerig en glad nie weelderig soos Gauteng se kikuyu gras nie, wat hier heeltemal verbode is, want omtrent alles wat hier groei of geplant word is inheems.<br />
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Nou wat doen ek dan heeldag, hoor ek jou vra? Soggens word ek gegroet deur 'n pragtige uitsig oor die see. Na ek gebad en aangetrek het, is dit tyd vir ontbyt of middag-ete by een van die talle wonderlike restaurante hier in Ballito, 'n paar nodige inkopies by Woollies of die Spar en dan terug huis toe.<br />
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Die koffie-winkel in ons plaaslike Spar</div>
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Op 'n hittige somers-dag (en in die winter!) is dit heerlik om in of langs die swembad te ontspan en dan bietjie later binnenshuis by die lugverfrisser met 'n spannende boek. Ek het by die biblioteek aangesluit en is vinnig besig om hulle Afrikaanse seksie heeltemal deur te lees!<br />
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'n Gunsteling plekkie vir 'n heerlike ete en iets koels om te drink is die Salt Rock Hotel met sy pragtige tuine en uitsig oor die see. Hier kan ek vir ure rondstap en na al die verskillende soorte plante kyk en navraag doen by die tuinier wat altyd daar êrens rond besig is.</div>
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En alhoewel die Bougainvilleas nie inheems aan ons land is nie, groei hierdie subtropiese plant hier by die kus in kleure van diep pers deur rooi deur oranje en salm pienk dat die stof so staan!</div>
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En so twee of drie maal 'n week stap ek en my man op die strand of die promenade saam met ons hondjie Jacko<br />
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Rolbal by Umhlali Country Club is volgende op die spyskaart net sodra ons in ons nuwe plekkie ingetrek het. Ek weet eintlik nie hoekom ek wag nie, want noudat dit winter is, en heelwat koeler is, is dit die perfekte tyd om daarmee te begin. Ek moet bieg dat somer hier op die Noordkus vir my gans te warm is en ek bring dan baie tyd binne by die lugverfrisser deur! </div>
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Vroeg-oggend en al die voëltjies wag geduldig vir die eerste strale van
die son, asook vir die kostafels om vol gemaak te word, 'n daaglikse
wintersoggend gebeurtenis. Gister was daar nie soveel van hulle nie,
party oggende het ek tot 50 getel voordat ek telling verloor het. Hulle
is meesal Vinke, Rooiborsduifies, Mossies en Rooivinke met een of twee
Bottergatjies.Maree Clarksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16274329795088706720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972172600289800050.post-48188982404604228522019-02-06T04:35:00.000+02:002019-02-06T04:35:14.761+02:00Tuinmaak is terapie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tuinmaak is my soort terapie. Vir my is die tuin 'n liefdeslied en ek glo, as jy altyd leeftyd gelukkig wil wees, moet jy `n tuinier wees. Dis waar lewe begin, dis waar niemand jou kritiseer as jy 'n fout maak nie. Kappertjies sal nie kla as jy hulle langs Krismisrose plant nie en die insekte sal hul dank bewys deur gereeld jou blomme te besoek en te bestuif, verniet, sonder dat hulle enige beloning verwag. En 'n ekstra beloning is vuil hande, hande vol grond en modder, want die lewe is te kort om skoon vingernaels te hê!</span><br />
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Dis vroeg-somer en al wat 'n hoender en 'n voël is, is broeis! Kiep sit
al vir twee weke op 'n kamma-eier (ek verwyder al die eiers aangesien ek
nie nog hoenders wil hê nie en gee vir hulle 'n golfbal wanneer
broeisgeit hulle tref!)<br />
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'n Paar weke terug het ek opgelet dat die Fiskaallaksman op haar nes sit
en hierdie keer het ek die nes fyn dop gehou om te sien wanneer die
die kleintjies uitkom. 'n Week of so terug het ek uiteindelik die
kleintjies gesien. Eintlik meer <b>gehoor</b> as gesien, die geraas wat
hulle maak om gevoer te word is oordowend! En Mama Fiskaal het haar
hande vol hierdie seisoen, sy het sommer drie! <br />
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My Janfrederik (Cape Robin-chat - (Cossypha caffra) het laat-September 2
eiers gelê en vanoggend was ek vreeslik opgewonde toe ek sien sy dra
maalvleis wat ek op die voertafel sit aan na die nes. Terwyl sy weg was,
het ek gou nader gesluip en 'n paar foto's geneem en daasy! twee van
die pragtigste, kleinste Janfrederikkies!<br />
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Nou's dit net 'n geval van hoop die Fiskaallaksman sien nie die
kleintjies nie, maar gelukkig voorsien ek genoeg kos vir haar en haar
kleintjies and hopelik het sy nie nodig om in enige neste te gaan
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Die Lyster (Karoo Thrush) is ook besig om grasse op te dra na die takke
in die Wit Karee en die Mynahs sit ook op eiers binne in die nok van die
grasdakkie bo-oor my hek - 'n doring in my vlees, want hulle verwyder
al die gras, maak gate oral en bowendien rand hulle al wat 'n klein
voëltjie is in die tuin aan. Volgende op my lys is om die grasdakkie te
laat regmaak en toe te span met ogiesdraad, hopelik sal hulle trek en 'n
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My twee Bosduiwe (<span class="irc_su" dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">Speckled pigeon </span><span class="st">-
Columba guinea of African rock pigeon) het alreeds laat-winter twee
kleintjies gehad en hulle is nog steeds hier rond saam met die ouers
maar sal binnekort vertrek en hul eie area gaan uitsoek. Meer as een
paartjie in 'n tuin is moeilikheid soek - hulle is uiters morsige voëls,
soos alle duiwe, en dis 'n daaglikse taak om die stoep skoon te maak.
Maar ek voel vreeslik geseënd dat ek twee het wat my tuin (eintlik my
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W&N waterverf in my Natuurjoernaal – Janfiskaal in my tuin (Tarlton, Gauteng, Suid Afrika)</div>
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Janfiskaal,
Laksman of Karnalliebyter – al drie name verwys na een en dieselfde
swart en wit voëltjie, wat ondanks sy kleinte ’n grootte aanneem wat
buite verhouding met die werklikheid is!<br />
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Baie mense hou glad nie van hierdie voëltjie in hul tuine nie. Dit is wel so dat janfiskaal af en toe ander kleiner voëlspesies,
soos lemoenduifies en mossies, jaag en vang. Die prooi word blitsig van
agter af ingevlieg en agter die kop doodgebyt.<br />
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Maar janfiskaal vang nie sommer elke dag vir homself ’n voël nie. Dit
is eintlik net wanneer daar rasend-honger kleintjies in die nes is dat
dit gebeur. En wie kan ’n dier of voël veroordeel wat goed vir sy
kleintjies sorg? Ek self was baie kwaad vir my Laksmannetjie nadat sy my
Janfrederik se kleintjies uit die nes gesteel het, maar met vier
kleintjies wat sy so groot gesukkel het om gevoer te kry, het ek eintlik
heeltemal verstaan en het haar baie gehelp deur stukkies maalvleis vir
haar op die voertafels te sit. Die hele kroos het naderhand geweet dat,
as ek verskyn, gaan hulle gevoer word!Maree Clarksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16274329795088706720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972172600289800050.post-33449949459754039872019-01-24T05:19:00.000+02:002019-01-24T05:19:04.853+02:00'n Bottergat in my Moeraseik
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’n Bottergat (Blackeyed Bulbul - Pycnonotus barbatus) in my Moeraseik (Quercus palustris) – hierdie oulike
tuinvoëls word gevind vanaf Arabië tot in die Kaap, Suid Afrika, en
hulle is deel van my tuin soos my plante self – sonder hulle gereelde
geselsery sal dit maar stil wees hier rond. Hulle is ook een van die
heel eerstes wat my vroeg-oggend uit die bed jaag en aankondig dat ’n
nuwe dag begin het.<br />
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En die dag as 'n klomp van hulle almal skree en kwetter kan jy verseker
weet daar is iets in die tuin wat nie hulle goedkeuring wegdra nie, soos
dalk 'n slang. Menigmaal is ek gewaarsku dat daar 'n Rinkhals is of
sommer net Mollie, 'n Molslang wat gereeld my tuin besoek. Hulle het ook
nie veel van my skilpad, Torti, gehou nie en het gereeld op 'n tak
bokant haar plaas geneem en hulle onvergenoegdheid uitgespreek deur heen
en weer te spring, van tak tot tak, om almal te laat weet alles is nie
wel nie. Hulle hou ook niks van die Mynah's nie, en sal almal ook
waarsku dat hierdie kwaadwillige kerjakkers ook nou in die tuin is.<br />
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'n Nuuskierige Bottergat wat my dophou om te sien wat ek op die voertafels sit.</div>
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Die paartjie in my tuin het al 'n paar seisoene kleintjies in my tuin
groot gemaak en die jonges bly langer by die ouers as bv. Jan Fiskaal se
kinders, so soms is daar sommer 6 of 10 Bottergatjies in my tuin, almal
besig om te bad of te raas of om die voertafels te besoek.</div>
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om ...<br />
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vanoggend by die venster uit te kyk.<br />
die duifies te hoor koer. <br />
buite te loop en die son op my gesig te voel.<br />
iemand 'n lief-drukkie te gee.<br />
te glimlag vir 'n vreemdeling.<br />
iets gaafs en onverwags te doen.<br />
te luister.<br />
diep asem te haal.<br />
geduldig te wees.<br />
in die donker te sit en die Kersboom te geniet.<br />
geskenke toe te draai met liefde in plaas van ongeduld.<br />
te gee.<br />
meer te gee.<br />
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Nie geskenke nie, liefde.</div>
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Maree Clarksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16274329795088706720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972172600289800050.post-31531927507283070772019-01-16T16:00:00.000+02:002019-01-16T16:00:02.890+02:00Ontmoet my girltjies<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
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Hierdie is Micky, een van my vier vryloop henne, wat bedoel hulle is nie
in 'n hok toegesluit nie, maar spandeer heeldag buite in my tuin, besig
om te doen wat hoenders doen - die sonskyn te geniet, sandbaddens te
neem (en my tuin te verniel totdat dit lyk of Chrissie met die tuinvurk
alles omgedolwe het!), sprinkane te jaag, saam geharkte blare weer
deurmekaar te krap, nuwe saailinge op te eet of sommer net in die koelte
onder die plante te rus op 'n snikhete dag. Eintlik weet ek nie hoe op
aarde ek nog 'n tuin het nie - ses hoenders (dis nou saam met Peeps en
Mr. Brown, die twee hane) is nie ideaal as jou mikpunt 'n pragtige en
ordelike tuin is nie!<br />
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Mr. Brown, wat ek uit die asblik gered het. Jy kan meer daaromtrent <a href="http://hedgiesjoy.blogspot.co.za/2013/11/the-dustbin-chicks.html" target="_blank">hier lees</a>.</div>
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Peeps - Sy ma het hom op 'n week oud verlaat, net so gelos om terug te
gaan na haar haan. Vir drie dae het ek na sy hartverskeurende geroep
geluister totdat ek dit nie meer kon vat nie en hom binne gebring het.
Peeps het saam met Snoodles, ook uit die asblik gered, in my ateljee
groot geword.</div>
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As mens eers hoenders in jou lewe gehad het, kyk jy anders na hierdie
geveerde vriende van ons. Sedert ek my girltjies so diep leer ken het,
kan ek glad nie meer hoendervleis eet nie. Elkeen het 'n persoonlikheid
van sy eie en hul intelligensie is verstommend. Kom wanneer 'n mens
roep, verlaat die kamer (hulle kom almal gereeld die huis in!) wanneer
jy met jou vinger buitentoe wys en spring op jou skoot as jy dit aandui.
Hulle lief om geliefkoos te word en die heerlikste gevoel is wanneer 'n
sagte hoender haar kop in jou nek indruk.<br />
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<a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/mareeclarkson/works/9090877-farm-talk-kiep-and-her-red-bandana" target="_blank">Kiep</a>,
hier bo, het ook van kleins af in my ateljee groot geword. Op my skoot
gesit wanneer ek blog of skilder, in my lessenaar laai geslaap en my
ateljee heeltemal haar tuiste gemaak. Toe sy so ses weke oud was, het sy
by die ander hoenders in die tuin aangesluit en toe dit tyd was vir
haar eerste eier toe sy so 19 weke oud was, het sy my ateljee gekies om
'n nes te maak en daarna elke dag ingekom om ontbyt af te lewer! Dit was
omtrent 'n storie om haar te leer dat die nesbokse in die hok perfek
is, maar sy het dit gou gesnap. Nie dat dit haar stop om kort-kort nou
nog, op die ouderdom van 5 jaar, in my ateljee in te stap nie en 'n plek
te soek om 'n eier te lê nie!<br />
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Snoodles, my "<a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/mareeclarkson/works/11446760-farm-talk-snoodles-a-chick-with-attitude?c=126674-birds-and-chooks-photographic" target="_blank">chick met attitude</a>", wat ook een van die asblik babies was - haar het ek uit die <a href="http://hedgiesjoy.blogspot.co.za/2013/11/the-dustbin-chicks.html" target="_blank">eier gehaal</a>
en dit was liefde met die eerste oogopslag toe haar ogies myne vir die
eerste maal ontmoet het. Sy en Peeps het saam in my ateljee groot geword
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Hettie is wild! Heeltemal wild! Lank, lank terug toe sy nog jonk was, is
sy gejaag om gevang te word (het jy al ooit probeer om 'n hoender te
vang wat nie gevang wil word nie?) en sy het dit nog nooit vergeet nie.
Dis nog 'n ding, hul geheue is soos dié van 'n olifant. Doen iets aan 'n
hoender en hul vergeet dit nooit nie. Eendag het sy vir my so 'n
bietjie siek gelyk, maar ek moes wag tot dit donker was en almal op
hulle stokke was voordat ek haar kon vang om bietjie medisyne te gee. Sy
het ook 'n skerp oog vir gevaar en is altyd eerste om al die ander te
waarsku oor enige waarneembare gevaar, miskien 'n kraai in die tuin of
'n valk hoog bo die bome.<br />
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Dae lank dreig dit nou al om te reën,<br />
wolke hang swaar en somber aan die hemelruim,<br />
daar is ‘n gevoel van beklemming en verwagting.<br />
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Teen aand skemer duik en swenk die swaeltjies<br />
deur die grys lug<br />
en blom die poulelies wit <br />
as ‘n belofte dat dit gaan reën.<br />
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As die donder rammel in die verte<br />
en ons ‘n lug vertoning aanskou,<br />
is dit asof dit ‘n agtergrond is<br />
vir die konsert van die Jan Frederik<br />
waar hy op die tuinmuur dans<br />
en met sy lyfie wikkel en bewe<br />
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(Uittreksel vanuit <a href="http://www.woes.co.za/bydrae/gedig/die-dans-van-die-jan-frederik">'Die dans van die Jan Frederik'</a><a href="http://www.woes.co.za/bydraers/besonderhede/daleenenslin" rel="author"> - Daleen Enslin)</a></div>
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Maree Clarksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16274329795088706720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972172600289800050.post-3072380449796941952019-01-06T05:08:00.000+02:002019-01-06T05:08:11.959+02:00Swart Suikerbekkie (Chalcomitra amethystina)Al ooit gesien hoe ’n glinsterende suikerbekkie ’n dowwe winterveld kan
laat sprankel? As alles stof-bruin en vaal is, skitter suikerbekkies in
’n kaleidoskopiese vertoning in die son. En dit alles te dankie aan Vuurpyle (Red Hot Poker - Kniphofia) in jou tuin. Wanneer jy Vuurpyle plant, verseker jy pragtige kleur in jou tuin en kos vir die voëltjies gedurende daai tyd van die jaar wanneer hulle dit die nodigste het, winter.<br />
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Suikerbekkies is nou wel klein, maar hulle is sekerlik van die kleurvolste voëltjies
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Sunbird</i> <i>en nou Amethyst Sunbird</i>). Sy naam sê hoe hy op ‘n afstand lyk – oënskynlik pikswart. As die son
op ‘n helder dag reg val – en beter nog, as jy van naby of deur ‘n verkyker na hom
kyk - sal jy egter sien dat daar die mooiste kleure op die mannetjie se kroon en onder sy keel
“weggesteek” is. Die vere op sy kroon is ‘n helder glansgroen en hy het ‘n pragtige
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My Swart Suikerbekkies is verskriklik skaam en versigtig -- ek het nog
nooit die perfekte foto van hulle gekry nie. En die mannetjie is meer
ontwykend as die vroutjie -- sy vlieg nie so gou weg soos hy nie.<br />
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Plant struike wat blomme met nektar het as jy suikerbekkies na jou tuin
wil lok. Jy sal
veral gereelde besoekers kry as jy plante het wat gedurende die winter
blom (bv. wilde
dagga; aalwyn; kanferfoelie, vuurpyle). En dan weet ons almal dat
suikerbekkies lief is vir nektar,
maar moenie verbaas wees as jy, teen die verwagting in, een sien wat ‘n
vlieënde insek
uit die lug vang en vreet nie. Hulle is selfs lief vir spinnekop se kind
en sal hom uit
sy web haal en vreet. Hul roep is 'n mengsel van 'tsjiek'-note in vlug;
dit gee 'n 'tit tit tit'-alarmroep en sing 'n vinnige, tjirpende lied.<br />
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Maree Clarksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16274329795088706720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972172600289800050.post-84667564086146604322019-01-03T05:58:00.000+02:002019-01-03T05:58:06.994+02:00Ek en die MynahsElke tuin het dierelewe wat daar ingetrek het, dit hulle tuiste gemaak het en daar leef nes jy in jou huis. Hulle bou hul nessies, tooi dit tot dit net reg is en maak kort-kort huis skoon nes ons. 'n Tuin sonder diertjies, insekte en voëls is soos 'n huis sonder mense. En nes elke huishouding, is daar daagliks drama toneeltjies wat afspeel in jou tuin en as jy mooi kyk, sal jy gou sien dis soos 'n TV sepie wat elke dag vervolg. <br />
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Die jongste Mynah-baba (van die Starling-familie - <span class="st">Sturnidae) van drie wat hierdie week in my tuin uitgebroei het.</span></div>
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<span class="st">Ek het hierdie haat/liefde-verhouding met die Mynahs in my tuin. Hulle is groot moeilikheid makers in dié sin dat hulle ander voëls in die tuin se eiers eet en babatjies doodmaak. Ek het ook al hulpeloos gestaan en kyk hoe hulle 'n Rooiborsduifie karnuffel en probeer doodmaak. En in hul pogings van nes maak, verwoes hulle alles wat hulle teëkom. Soos die grasdakkie by ons ingang hek. Ons het nou al 4 maal die dakkie laat regmaak en hierdie jaar, weer dieselfde storie - al die gras uit gepluk om nes te maak onder die nok van die dakkie.</span><br />
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<span class="st">Ook bekend as die Indiese Spreeu (</span><span class="st">Acridotheres tristis). </span>Die eerste Indiese spreeus in Suid-Afrika dateer terug na 1902 toe voëls
uit aanhouding ontsnap het. In die komende jare is meer en meer voëls
vrygelaat om te help met die bestryding van insekte, onder andere
sprinkane en kewers. Verskeie voëls het verder ook uit aanhouding
ontsnap in die noord ooste van die land. Die bevolking en verspreiding
van die voëls het teen ‘n geweldige spoed toegeneem en voëls is al so
ver as die Wes-Kaap waargeneem. Daar is ook bewyse dat Mynahs 330km en
meer kan aflê binne ‘n jaar. Hierdie “trek” eienskap van die Mynah (ook bekend as die Indiese
spreeu) het veroorsaak dat dit teen 1987 reeds feitlik die hele
Noordelike en Noord-Oos Suid-Afrika en selfs die Suid-weste van
Botswana beset het, en die bevolking is steeds besig om eksponensieël te
vermeerder en vinnig te versprei. Die Indiese spreeu is inheems aan Suidelike en suidoos Asië, maar kom
deesdae regoor die wêreld voor en is in verskeie lande reeds as pes
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<span class="st">Maar ek ken ook die ander kant van hierdie intelligente voëltjies. (Het jy geweet dat hulle ook kan praat?) 'n Paar jaar gelede het ek 'n klein babatjie in die straat opgetel en huistoe gevat en dit was die begin van 'n groot liefdes-verhouding tussen ons twee. Ek het haar eers in my baadjie se sak rond gedra, toe in 'n mandjie en later, toe sy bietjie groter was, het sy haar eie hokkie in my studio gehad. Maar die hek was permanent oop en sy het gekom en gegaan soos sy wou.</span><br />
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<span class="st">Mai in my studio terwyl sy dophou waarheen ek die 'gemclips' skuif wat sy so graag uit die houertjie uit trek!</span></div>
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<span class="st">Wanneer ek koffie gedrink het of iets geëet het, het Mai altyd nader gekom vir haar stukkie (hier sit sy op my knie) - hulle dieet is baie divers, enige iets van vleis na vrugte, brood, gekookte groente, eiers (rou of gekook) en gemors-kos soos Simba tjips was een van haar gunstelinge! Die selfoon wat daar so gevaarlik naby lê, moes ek al menigmaal red of sy het al wat 'n knoppie is verwyder. Sy het selfs haar eie speelgoed gehad - 'soft toys', ou selfone, gemclips en 'n speelding met 'n klokkie binne, wat nie lank gehou het nie, die klokkie MOES net verwyder word!</span><br />
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<span class="st">Mynahs is baie skoon voëls. Mai kon vir ure sit en haar vere skoonmaak en regpak. Een van haar daaglikse roetines was haar oggend bad. Hier bo bekyk sy een van die vo</span><span class="st"><span class="st">ë</span>lbaddens in die tuin om te sien of die water skoon genoeg is.</span><br />
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<span class="st">... en dan 'n rukkie in die warm sonnetjie</span><br />
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<span class="st">Sodra sy klaar was, is ons terug studio toe, waar sy dan 'n dutjie gevang het op my rekenaar se luidspreker</span><br />
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<span class="st">Maar sy het ook daarvan gehou om saam met my te bad. Dan het sy op my knie gesit, wat net onder die water was, en te heerlik gespartel in die warm water. Wanneer sy genoeg gehad het, het sy opgevlieg na die muurtjie agter die bad om af te droog.</span><br />
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<span class="st">Mai was vreeslik lief vir mense en het op enigeen wat die studio binne gekom het, se skouer gaan sit. Een dag het ek 'n motorkar by die hek gehoor (Mai was buite in die tuin), maar toe ek gaan kyk om te sien wie dit was, was hulle klaar weg. En Mai was ook weg. My hart was gebreek. Al wat ek kan dink is dat sy na hulle toe gegaan het en dat hulle haar gevat het en weg gery het. Eers wou ek hulle vloek en laat toor, maar al wat ek kan hoop is dat hulle haar 'n goeie huis en baie liefde aangebied het en nie in 'n hok aangehou het nie.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Wanneer ons alleen droom is dit alleenlik ’n droom.</b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Wanneer ons saam met ander droom, is dit die begin van ’n nuwe realiteit.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">'n Mens kan nie glo hoe vinnig die jaar verbygesnel het nie! Die gevaar
bestaan egter dat ’n mens die nuwe jaar instorm en bly voortjaag.
Daarom is dit noodsaaklik dat ’n mens stil word om na te dink oor hoe
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hiermee wens ek almal ’n vreugdevolle 2019 toe, gevul met LIEFDE en INSPIRASIE.</span></div>
Maree Clarksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16274329795088706720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972172600289800050.post-68078869956735793972018-12-29T07:51:00.000+02:002018-12-29T07:51:04.180+02:00Wouter en Antionette se Kwikstertjie - 'n mooi verhaalDie jaar staan einde se kant toe en ek het gedink dis van pas om die jaar af te sluit met 'n pragtige verhaal oor Wouter en Antionette se Kwikstertjie. Geniet! <br />
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In Februarie 2017 het ek 'n ePos van "Wouter" gekry, waarin hy vertel van 'n Kwikstertjie <span class="st">(Motacilla capensis) wat hy en sy vrou Antionette, groot gemaak het en hul worsteling oor wat om met die pragtige dingetjie te doen. Dis 'n storie wat ek al te goed ken - dis hartverskeurend om 'n wilde voëltjie in 'n hok te sien hunker na vryheid, maar die gedagte van om hom te laat gaan, is net so 'n hartseer gedagte. Hier is Wouter se storie :</span><br />
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Ek het so 2 maande gelede ‘n babatjie kwikkie gevang wat tussen ons voordeur en veiligheidsdeur kom skuil het. Dit was laat die aand na ‘n erge storm en hy (sy?) moes uit die nes geval het. Ons het hom grootgemaak en hy is te pragtig. Hy gaan elke dag saam met Antionette werk toe en hy is te dierbaar.<br />
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Ons kan hom nie vrylaat nie, want hy sal verseker nie oorleef nie. So lief as wat ons vir hom is wonder ons of hy nie beter af sal wees buite in ‘n groot hok saam met ander kwikkies nie. <br />
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PS: Ons het 2 African Greys wat dink hulle is mense, die huis behoort aan hulle en ons is net daar om hulle te versorg en te bederf. Buite voer ons al die ander “aangenome” kinders – mossies, hadida’s, kwikkies, bont houtkappers, mynah’s, vinke, duiwe, tiptolle, pieke…. Ons het al getel dat daar, behalwe vir al die ander <span style="color: #212121;">voëls, </span>meer as 30 duiwe op ‘n slag kom eet het."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "lucida grande";"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ek het onmiddellik op die foon gespring en hom gebel (sy telefoonnommer was in die ePos) en ons het lank gesels oor ons liefde vir voëltjies </span>en hoe hulle in ons harte inkruip. "Chippies" (ek dink dis Kwikkie se naam, want hul pappegaai kan 'n lekker happie van hom maak!) vlieg en baljaar heeldag in die geslote slaapkamer rond en spandeer net die nag in sy hokkie. Gaan ook gereeld saam met Antionette werk toe. Wat vir my heeltemal wonderlik klink. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "lucida grande";"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Kwikkies, en ander wilde voëltjies wat hans groot gemaak is, is heeltemal kapabel om na hulself om te sien indien hulle vry gelaat word, maar Wouter se bekommernis is dat Chippies mak is, nie bang vir mense is nie, en aangesien die bure so naby is (met honde en katte!), is hy bang Chippies sal in hul tuin land en opgevreet word. Wat heel waarskynlik wel sal gebeur. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "lucida grande";"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">My raad aan Wouter is om Kwikkie te hou en dinge net te los soos dit is. Dis al lewe wat Kwikkie ken. Om buite in 'n hok te gaan met ander voëls is veel erger as vrylaat (en dis teen die wet om ons inheemse voëlsoorte in hokke aan te hou); dis nie 'n lewe vir 'n voëltjie nie. Binnenshuis het hy tenminste 'n bietjie vryheid en Wouter en Antionette se geselskap. 'n Ander alternatief is die dieretuin. Dalk het hulle groot voëlhokke of, as hy daar vrygelaat word, is dit 'n groter spasie waar daar tenminste nie honde of katte is nie. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "lucida grande";"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Ons is almal geneig om die 'toekoms' van 'n diertjie te wil bepaal, maar partymaal is dit goed om net te vertrou dat hul 'n gelukkige, al is dit dalk kort, vry lewe gehad het.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "lucida grande";"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Sterkte met jul besluit Wouter!</span></span><br />
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Het jy al ooit die wortels van Seldery gesien? Ek het nog nooit nie! Dink net, al wat ons ooit van hierdie wonderlike plant sien, is die stam en die blare (tensy jy gereeld Seldery in jou groentetuin uittrek!).<br />
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<b>Seldery</b> (<i>Apium graveolens</i>) se saad bevat baie medisinale eienskappe. Seldery werk uitstekend vir nek-, spier- en rugspasmas. Dit is ook ‘n
goeie tonikum en stimulant en verlig winderigheid. Dit is baie ryk aan
vitamien C, daarom is dit baie goed vir algemene gesondheid en om die
liggaamweerstand op te bou en te versterk. Gooi maar ‘n ekstra
stingeltjie in jou slaai gedurende die somer, of in jou sop in wintertyd
– dit kan jou net goed doen! Seldery bevat baie min kilojoules, en jy mag dalk net meer kilojoules
verbrand deur dit te kou! Seldery bevat vitamien B6 en dieet vesel. Dit
kan jou stresvlakke verlaag en verbeter die algemene bloedvloei in jou
liggaam. Dus help dit ook om jou bloeddruk te beheer. Eet seldery as ’n
happie saam met maaskaas of bedien saam met jou gunsteling slaai.<br />
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Seldery- Tuna- en Komkommerslaai</h2>
BESTANDDELE<br />
3 selderystokkies, in skyfies gesny<br />
½ komkommer, sagte binnekant verwyder en in skyfies gesny<br />
1 blikkie heelpitmielies, dreineer<br />
½ ui, gekap<br />
100 g groenbone<br />
2 blikkies tuna, dreineer<br />
250 ml laevet of vetvrye gewone jogurt<br />
15 ml mayonnaise<br />
30 ml vars pietersielie, gekap<br />
10 ml suurlemoensap<br />
1 knoffelhuisie, gekneus<br />
sout en peper<br />
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METODE<br />
Meng die seldery, komkommer, mielies en ui saam. Gooi die groenbone
in kookwater en laat staan vir 3 minute, dreineer en spoel dadelik met
koue water. Voeg by die res van die slaai en skep die tuna bo-oor. Meng
die jogurt, mayonnaise, pietersielie, suurlemoensap en knoffel saam.
Geur met sout en peper en bedruip die slaai. Bedien 6.<br />
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Jy kan ook seldery van oorskiet kweek :Sny die onderkant van die steel af en sit dit in 'n bakkie met 'n bietjie warm water in direkte sonlig. Na sowat 'n week sal die blare verdik en langs die steel opgroei. Jy kan dit dan in die grond plant.<br />
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<br />Maree Clarksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16274329795088706720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972172600289800050.post-53430127318393356622018-08-05T09:11:00.000+02:002018-09-01T08:22:05.103+02:00Inheemse Blou<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Inheems aan Suid Afrika, meesal langs die kus vanaf sentrale Namaqualand
(Noord-Kaap) suidwaarts tot Kaapstad en vanaf daar ooswaarts to by Knysna omgewing. Dit kom ook voor in berggebiede binnelands vanaf die Weskus. Groei meesal in goed gedreineerde, sanderige grond. Ook bekend as Sandpypie of Blou pypie.</div>
Maree Clarksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16274329795088706720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972172600289800050.post-34861338620825465422017-12-08T05:05:00.002+02:002017-12-08T05:05:57.991+02:00Totsiens aan my Gauteng se reën<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hoor daar, buite val dit. <br />
Een, twee, ewe skielik <br />
Alomvattend neerslag; <br />
Spat vinnig en egalig.<br />
<br />Druppels trippel op die teerpad, <br />
Somersblareblare nat, <br />
Vloei af met strate na <br />
Verstopte dreingate.<br />
<br />Tip-tap teen die dakke. <br />
Druppend van ‘n boom se takke. <br />
Nat, pap, water tap, <br />
Trap jy in die sop.<br />
<br />By my heers die lus om maar net <br />
By die huis te bly en dus <br />
By niemand hoef te maak of ek <br />
By hulle tuis voel nie.<br />
<br />Binne is dit droog, sug <br />
Voor die kaggelvuur, sit <br />
Net vir ‘n ruk en tuur <br />
En hoor hoe kraak die hout.<br />
<br />Die motreën is aanhoudend, word <br />
Soms onderskat, pla sommiges, <br />
Maar bied vir my ten minste <br />
‘n Verskoning om te rus.<br />
<br />Die reënweer bring ook mense nader: <br />
Onder sambrele, afdakke <br />
Of komberse, rondom vure,<br />
‘n Kans vir nader skuur.<br />
<br />My Gauteng se reën stel <br />
My nooit teleur om, as <br />
My gedagtes wandel, <br />
My gemoedsvure te blus.<br />
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Vir my is dit totsiens aan Gauteng se wonderlike somerreëns. Ons het ons kleinhoewe verkoop na 42 jaar en verhuis na die Noordkus (KwaZulu Natal, Suid Afrika) in so 'n week of wat. Dit was moeilik vir my om vaarwel aan my tuin te sê, maar daar lê nou wonderlike moontlikhede voor my om iets nuuts te leer - Natal se bome, veld-grasse, blomme, diertjies en Natal se voëls - ek sien uit na ure se voëls kyk, op die strand loop en ek sal soveel as moontlik foto's neem om te wys. Sien julle later!<br />
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Ground Lily, Tumbleweed, Karoo Lily (Boophone disticha) <br />
Order: Asparagales.<br />
Familie: Amaryllidaceae<br />
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Kom voor dwarsdeur die Karoo en die somer reënval gebiede van Suid Afrika, die Oos Kaap, Vrystaat, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Noord Cape, Noord Wes en die Wes Kaap.Blomtyd is gedurende November tot Desember.<br />
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‘n Tolbos is ‘n strukturele part van die bo-grondse anatomie van ‘n klomp spesies of plante, ‘n diaspoor wat, as dit volgroei en droog is, vanself loskom van die wortel of stam en dan rol dit weg in die wind. Hierdie rond-waaiende tolbossies het meeste van ons al gesien oral in ons land.<br />
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Tolbossies kom gewoonlik voor in droë gedeeltes en vlaktes waar daar baie wind is. Daarom kan hulle so heerlik voortrol en dit bly tog maar eintlik mooi. Behalwe die saad en wortelstelsel van die tolbossie is die weefselstruktuur dood. Hierdie dooie weefsel is nodig vir die struktuur om te degradeer en dan te skei sodat die tolbos “blom” kan ontsnap en die sade dan kan versprei gedurende die rond waai in die wind. Die saad wat so ontsnap ontkiem vinnig sodra dit in ‘n vogtige, nat gebied val.<br />
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Baie tolbos spesies is baie wild en ru en is ‘n onkruid. Tolbossies is in verskeie families geklassifiseer selfs onder die Amaranthaccae, Amaryllidaceae, Asteraceae en vele meer. In sommige van hierdie families kom pragtige tolbossies voor wat regtig in verskillende ligte kleure te sien is. Gewoonlik is dit wit, roospienk tot ligte pers. Die tolbossie is vol speke met klein blommetjies op die punte.<br />
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Sommige spesies het lang lelie-agtige, spiesvormige, harde regopstaande blare, met die steel van die tolbos wat in die middel van die twee rye blare verskyn. Die steel van die tolbossie is kort en redelik dik. Daar is ook spesies wat lyk of hulle sulke gekrulde blare vanuit die grond maak en ook sekere vorms wat lyk soos ‘n voëltjienessie (net groot).<br />
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In sekere droë gebiede van die wêreld is tolbossies ‘n verklaarde onkruid want van hulle gebruik tot 167 liters water uit die grond en is tolbosse ‘n kompetisie vir koring. Sommige tolbossies groei in barste wat in sement voorkom en dis moeilik om hulle weer uit te roei. Al is die tolbossie ook so mooi om na te kyk en eintlik so ‘n wonderlike ronde harde speekbal vol klein blommetjies, is dit nogtans ‘n plant wat nie saam met gesaaides akkordeer nie.<br />
- <a href="http://www.dievryburger.co.za/2015/05/tolbos-tumbleweed/" target="_blank">Die Vryburger</a><br />
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En hulle IS werklikwaar plesierig! Hierdie Afrikanertjies in my tuin
(Tarlton, Gauteng, Suid Afrika) laat my altyd glimlag wanneer ek tussen
hulle rondloop, want daar is g’n onkruid in die omgewing nie!<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">My pa het nog altyd ’n hand met ’n plant gehad. As
kind was ek dikwels om sy voete waar hy gesaai, geplant en gesnoei het. Meesal was dit 'n groentetuin, maar Kappertjies en Afrikaners was 'n moet tussen die groent, want "dit hou die peste weg", het my pa altyd gesê.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">Een van my herinneringe uit my kinderjare is juis saam met hom in die
tuin waar hy jaarliks Afrikanertjies so al om die rand van ’n bedding
slaai geplant het. Ek moet eerlik wees, dié blommetjies was nie vir my gunstelinge nie, die Krismisrose teen die heining </span><span lang="EN-GB">was vir my mooier en die statige varkore wat geil naby die kraan, waar dit permanent nat was, geblom het, was van my gunstelinge. </span>Dié helder oranje en geel blommetjies het boonop nie lekker geruik nie
en in my kindergemoed was blomme veronderstel om lekker te ruik en
lang stele te hê wat jy diep kan afsny om in ’n blompot staan te maak.
Wat my wel van afrikanertjies gefassineer het, was die lang dun
saadjies wat ek aan die einde van elke seisoen saam met my pa uit die
afgeleefde blomme bymekaargemaak en in ’n plastieksakkie gebêre het
om in die nuwe seisoen te saai.<br />
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Vandag is Afrikaners van my heel-gunsteling blomme. Ek is nou lief vir die reuk wanneer ek die blare tussen my vingers kneus en wens ek kon die reuk bottel. Gelukkig hou dit nogal lank as mens dit laat droog word, in a lappie toewerk en dan tussen die vingers kneus. Hou alle vismotte weg, gewaarborg!<br />
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Afrikanertjies hou van baie water en son maar sal nie kwaad raak as jy
so bietjie van hulle vergeet nie. Hierdie geharde plantjies sal jou nog
steeds beloon met hul skoonheid. 'n Ekstra bonus is dat jy nooit weer
sonder kleur in jou tuin sal wees nie. Die saadjies wat aan die einde
van herfs afval op die grond, beloon jou met pragtige kleur in lente.<br />
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Dis winter. Geen ekskuus nie, ek weet, maar die enigste blomme in my tuin op die oomblik is my Nenta-bosse <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/mareeclarkson/works/27247916-winter-succulents?asc=u" target="_blank">(Kalanchoe rotundifolia) </a>- dit blyk hulle hou van die koue, my hele tuin is vol blommende Nenta-bossies.<br />
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Kalanchoe rodundifolia is inheems aan Suider Afrika en kom wydverspreid voor in Suid Afrika en Zimbabwe. Dit groeie beste in ligte skaduwee en alhoewel hulle droogte-bestand is, blom hulle mooier as hulle meer water kry.<br />
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Propagasie van die Nentabos is besonders maklik. Dit kan óf gedoen word deur die saad óf deur stoksnysels of van die blare in potjies of direk in die grond te steek. Die sade is verskriklik fyn so moet bymekaar gemaak word voordat deur die wind versprei word waar hulle onmiddellik posvat en honderde plantjies uitstoot. <br />
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Die sade van die Nentabos</div>
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My moederplant waarvan ek al vele voortplantings gedoen het. Pluk net 'n paar blaartjies of sny 'n stokkie af en druk in die grond. Deur die plant gereeld te snoei veroorsaak ook dat dit meer van 'n bos vorm. Hulle kan tot 1m hoog word en neig om om te val as daar baie blomme is.</div>
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