Predators, jackals and thieves in the flowers
I have a lot of Aeoniums blooming outside my front door and I noticed a large insect on one and went to take a closer look. There was an Assassin bug that had caught a honey bee…
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@nikv
Nature-lover, gardener, Succulent Growers community owner, Curangel curator
My secret sauce for soil
I've noticed that where I live, rainwater seems to be mother's milk for plants: growth really explodes when the rainy season starts and I always thought it was something to do…
September Gardenjournal: the latest rockery in progress
I haven't posted a gardenjournal in ages because I wasn't feeling very inspired by my vegetables but I got started on major earthworks this winter. Why winter? It's cold enough…
Plantmail: a Conophytum bonanza
Conophytum bilobum gracistylum There's a man who holds monthly WhatsApp sales and he offers conophytums from time to time. I was late for…
The Adromischus addiction
Adromischus are an extremely variable genus found throughout the drier parts of Southern Africa and the hotter, sunnier and drier it is, the more they like it. They love my…
![[ESP+ENG] A morning of flowers in my garden / Una mañana de flores en mi jardÃn 🪴🌵🌼 (Astrophytum).](https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/ibarra95/AJhaLPHB7LLYVoGXnXDSZkYr3wXXy6PuSBAAP4beHjmjjvgtkYxQ1HGi7wnot2K.jpeg)
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[ESP+ENG] A morning of flowers in my garden / Una mañana de flores en mi jardÃn 🪴🌵🌼 (Astrophytum).
Buenas Noches!! 🌙 quiero compartir con ustedes la comunidad de Succulent Growers a cargo de @nikv, unas…
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The November Garden Journal Challenge
Well, we are finally in November, so there's beginning to be less posts from the north and more from the south. It's good to see a few people snapping their gardens on Peakd…
My first time selling at the bonsai and succulent show
The succulent society that I belong to always gets a stand at the yearly bonsai show and those of us that wish to sell plants can do so, in return for being there over the 3…
Cacti that grow in trees
Although we think of deserts when we think of cacti, there are a group found mainly in tropical America that colonised the trees. Epiphytic is the name given to plants that live…
More spring things in the greenhouse
Springtime is when the cacti bloom and here are some more Turbinicarpus flowers. The first is T. alonsoi and the second T. schmeidickianus…