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On 22 and 23 February the judges will be doing their rounds to get to each of more than 50 gardens that are competing. Judges will be looking for the garden that works the hardest and does the most for Blanco.
The winners will be announced during a prize giving ceremony at the Blanco community hall on 8 March.
Three more entrants are introduced in this issue. They were photographed by Christine Ridge-Schnaufer, from Wessa, who accompanied Chris Godfrey and Eve Stoffels, of Kos and Fynbos, on their rounds for an initial inspection of the entrants' gardens.
Sophia and Willem Pietersen told the visitors from Kos and Fynbos they were very happy that they had successfully harvested most of their crop, even though they replanted with beans as nitrogen fixers to improve the soil for their next planting. This over-80 couple believe very strongly that one must keep busy and active in order to keep illness and arthritis at bay, and find gardening is the best way to do it.
Piet Fortuin's garden was proudly shown off by Andrea van Wyk and his cabbages were seriously impressive size-wise. They were the beginnings of a new garden and their size was indicative of lots of tender loving care.
Flip Makela has such enthusiasm that he has 'stretched' his garden into the neighbouring unused kikuyu patch and is thereby improving the general area for everyone's benefit. He too has planted for posterity and his garden had many trees including citrus and delicious mulberries, which have been well harvested by his grandchildren.
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Piet Fortuin's garden was proudly shown off by Andrea van Wyk.
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