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@nikv

Nature-lover, gardener, Succulent Growers community owner, Curangel curator

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Catlady
@nikv Nov 13, 2025, 8:12 PM UTC

What hides behind the walls

Another installment in the Our Lives Are Never Dull Over Here series On Sunday around 7:30pm my neighbour phoned me in a panic about chaos 2 houses down so I went to see what was going on. As I got w…

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Catlady
@nikv Oct 24, 2025, 7:44 PM UTC

In which I almost win a Darwin Award

I'm still here to write this because somehow the kitten and I survived my stupidity but I am truly a deserving nominee. About 10 days ago, I noticed that little princess pictured above had a lump und…

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Catlady
@nikv Oct 18, 2025, 8:22 PM UTC

I can't believe I'm doing this again

These little ones have fever coats - caused by their mother being sick while she was pregnant. They will change colour; there are actually only 2 grey kittens there 2 years ago I took on the task of…

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Catlady
@nikv Oct 5, 2025, 7:34 PM UTC

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 and was feeding on it…

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Catlady
@nikv Sep 19, 2025, 10:17 PM UTC

The lost coin collection and some strange history

When I moved in to my house, the yard was a wasteland and the soil stony and filled with trash. Since growing things is one of my favourite activities, I got down to sieving the soil to get the basic…

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Catlady
@nikv Sep 10, 2025, 7:02 PM UTC

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 with the lack of dissol…

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Catlady
@nikv Sep 6, 2025, 5:54 PM UTC

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 to work outside and th…

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Catlady
@nikv Mar 13, 2025, 7:30 PM UTC

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 sale and surprised to see that everyone was going made fo…

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@nikv Nov 27, 2024, 8:38 PM UTC

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 greenhouse and are happies…

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Catlady
@nikv Nov 7, 2024, 8:14 PM UTC

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 days that the show runs a…

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