Our Orange River lilies are blooming at the moment. A great sight. And they are growing in my garden, virtually along the Orange River, where they belong. Actually only a slight exaggeration: Smithfield is 40 minutes from Aliwal North where …Share this:Click to...
Just back from the Bedford garden festival. And a fantastic time we had – not just in and around this gorgeous Eastern Cape dorpie, but also on the way. Here’s what we saw between Venterstad and Steynsburg: a flock of …Share this:Click to share on Twitter...
It’s a dirt road – which means we have fewer trucks and stupid drivers – and it offers some of the best scenery and skyscapes you can imagine. It’s also the most direct route for people coming to Smithfield from …Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in...
IT’S always a sad thing to see ignorance and prejudice at work, especially when it involves cruelty – and where the perpetrators are proud of themselves. We often see dead jackal hanging over fences along farm roads, apparently to ‘warn’ …Share this:Click to...
YOU could say that the definition of a really happy person is a Smithfielder when there’s rain. So we have all been delighted with the rain that’s fallen over the last week, little though the total amount might be to …Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens...
