So, I've decided I hate the peanut butter plant. In our garden, it is growing over everything and I've learned its got another name, Kruidjie-roer-my-nie, which means "herb-touch-me-not". This website says it's toxic if you eat it, but people use it medicinally. Instead of waiting until next month, I decided to trim a bit of it today, I couldn't wait. At first glance, all you see are the thick ugly stalks.
I trimmed a bit, and mind you, the reason I had to wait was because I am no gardener. I make a
I don't know how long it has been since these pretty ones last saw the sky. The peanut butter plant was hovering over them, I didn't even know they were there until pulling up a large stalk of it. It was like uncovering a treasure!
I got excited, cut and threw away almost all of the Melianthus major. I missed a nice photo op. When I was sitting in the lawn chair drinking tea, I saw a huge lizard in the yard, about 3 ft away from me. I reached for the camera, but it ran for its life.
I moved on and caught a glimpse of a palm tree, hiding behind and held captive by some vines coming over the fence.
2 comments:
Smelly,
OK so I Ieft a comment and had to erase it because after I actually read the post you already know that you shouldn't by using regular scissors to cut plants with.
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