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@nikv
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Nature-lover, gardener, Succulent Growers community owner, Curangel curator
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Johannesburg, South Africa
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2016-09-25 11:32
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nikv
Rant, Complain, Talk
2025-11-13 20:12
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 within
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nikv
Caturday
2025-10-24 19:44
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 under
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nikv
Caturday
2025-10-18 20:22
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 feeding
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nikv
Fascinating Insects
2025-10-05 19:34
Predators, jackals and thieves in the flowers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduviidae
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nikv
Hive Collectors
2025-09-19 22:17
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 basics
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nikv
HiveGarden
2025-09-10 19:02
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 dissolved
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nikv
HiveGarden
2025-09-06 17:54
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 the
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nikv
Succulent growers
2025-03-13 19:30
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 for
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nikv
Succulent growers
2024-11-27 20:38
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 happiest
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nikv
Succulent growers
2024-11-07 20:14
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 and
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nikv
Succulent growers
2024-10-17 19:25
Cacti that grow in trees
Although we think of deserts when we think of cacti, there are a group found mainly in tropical America that colonised the trees. Epiphytic is the name given to plants that live on trees and we usually
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nikv
Succulent growers
2024-10-06 20:08
More spring things in the greenhouse
Springtime is when the cacti bloom and here are some more Turbinicarpus flowers. The first is T. alonsoi and the second T. schmeidickianus Sulcorebutia is still quite pale, it hasn't fully woken up but
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nikv
Caturday
2024-09-14 19:24
Toffee gets bald and starts experiencing life on a scooter
Wut, is she taking me somewhere again?!? Toffee is about 10 years old and was part of a group of 3 cats living rough on the mountain when I moved into my house. Unfortunately the other 2 died before they
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nikv
Succulent growers
2024-08-31 20:58
More spring things in the greenhouse: Euphorbia flowers, some Astros
This has been a week of repotting and bug spraying as the plants wake up from winter dormancy. I also have some of the Astropytums that are considered less collectable but I just love them all: Astrophytum
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nikv
Succulent growers
2024-08-24 20:28
Some spring cheer in the garden and greenhouse
This winter has been brutal and killed off a few of my plants because we had quite a few nights of minus temperatures. Most were inside or in the greenhouse but the ones in the ground suffered. Thankfully
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nikv
Caturday
2024-07-20 19:04
Another chapter in the saga of the neighbourhood cats
For context, see here: When I first started feeding Milo after she gave birth at the end of September, there was another man living at the house with a female cat and he expressed an interest in having
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nikv
Caturday
2024-06-08 20:23
Expensive brothers update: MOAR vet visits and Batman shows off his fever coat
Wrestlemania in the kitchen: Simba and Batman have a lot of fun together. Simba is doing really well, he still limps a little but is normally active, climbing trees and doing cat things. It's midwinter
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nikv
Succulent growers
2024-05-26 20:13
Saving an Adenium
I saw some Adenium multiflorum at a local garden centre and told myself I would probably regret buying one but because this plant is a flowering size, which takes 4-5 years, and well priced for what it
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nikv
HiveGarden
2024-05-19 19:25
Urban dinosaur jungle visiting time: the gardener's philosophy
The succulent society got another invitation to visit my favourite garden and off I went: it's not too late in the season and the light was kinder. Something that Ian the garden maker said really resonated
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nikv
Succulent growers
2024-05-11 20:37
Greenhouse tales: focus on Conophytums
I've posted about my Conophytums before so I want to show some new ones and some progress. Conophytum are quite particular in their growing needs but if you get the basics right, they are pretty tolerant.
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