| Since my husband Rudi and I joined forces about 10 years ago,
the aloe hobby garden has grown in leaps to more than 100 different aloe species and
hybrids. We used to have separate hobbies. Rudi started the aloes many years ago
and I had my aquariums and pedigree cats. The cats are still here, and
we share them together now too We divided the garden with each one doing what he/she pleases on that part of the garden, but that does not mean that any one of us do keep out of the other one's territory. The two areas of the garden looks different which gives a more interesting display. Hobby gardening is not landscaping to please the eye of visitors, it is a place where we enjoy our collection of aloes and a place where our aloes must be happy. Keeping the garden neat is a difficult job, but with our dry summers the weeds grow only in winter. Not bad, but it is a back-breaking job that has to be done. There is no choice but to pull out weeds by hand amongst the aloes. That is very tricky, those teeth are sharp. Gloves are out of the question as they just get hooked. My hands always end up looking like a war-zone, but at least I have an excuse for how they look. If there are a few empty looking spots, or some aloes outgrow their space then it is no problem to transplant them around. That is one very convenient thing about aloes. They transplant easy, no matter size, and being succulent they do not sulk and wilt. Nothing like a few stones to give a succulent garden a face-lift. I painted a snake on one of the stones and hid it partially under an aloe. ohh I am so proud of that snake. Not to mention the clean garden paths that are now visible leading off to some aloe wilderness. |
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| We have seeds of many aloes see our website | |
