Let me show you some produce and some lovely flowers.
They have a special section on this farm dedicated to grow organic strawberries. No nasty pesticides that contaminate everything, and only fresh strawberries are on offer. Of course, they also serve real farm coffee and freshly home baked slices of chocolate, cheese, carrot, and pineapple cake. Juicy stuff this! They also make bottled jams, preserves, and many pop in there for breakfast.
At times they place a wooden table outside the farm shop, and this time the table was loaded with potted strawberries on sale at a very good price. I think the people that buy them take them home and plant them to grow their own strawberries. The first two pots contained some twins as you will see below. Then I will show you some more pots, and then I will switch to show you an Iris flower, and finally some Swan neck Agave Century plants.
This is a closer shot of the twins.
And another two shots to show you younger strawberries.
Here we go with two shots of the Iris flower below.
And finally, two shots of the Swan neck Agave Century plants.
A pair of swans on a roadside in the suburbs.
Let's see what Wikipedia has to say about the Swan neck plants.
Agave attenuata, commonly called the foxtail or lion's tail agave or the swan's neck agave, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae (the asparaguses, agaves and yuccas). Sometimes called the soft-leaf or soft-leaved agave, the aforementioned animal-related names are a nod to the appearance of the plant's inflorescence, which—after years, generally—rises slightly before gravity brings it back down, giving the bloom a curved, "swan"-like or "foxtail" look. The species' specific manner of flowering is unique in the genus Agave as most other species produce a towering, vertical display, reminiscent of a miniature tree.
And there you have it, as usual I try to do a comprehensive post, but as flowers are not my speciality, I just tried my best. Not that I don't love flowers, as indeed I do, but I rather focus on my main interests in nature.
South Africa enters an annual flower show called the Chelsea flower show, I think, and almost every year we come away with gold and other awards. Then, of course, tourists also flocking to the country during early spring to see the lower parts of the mountains and the fields filled with wildflowers. Great masses of flowers and a huge variety of species with all different colors, a real drawcard for flower lovers.
Such is life here.
I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the story.
Photos by Zac Smith. All-Rights-Reserved.
Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.
Until next time, cheers!
