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I'm just over here admiring my rambling rose bush ๐Ÿฅ€๐ŸŒนI love stepping out and smelling roses first thing in the morning ๐Ÿ˜
17/12/2025

I'm just over here admiring my rambling rose bush ๐Ÿฅ€๐ŸŒนI love stepping out and smelling roses first thing in the morning ๐Ÿ˜

๐Ÿƒ Mornings in the garden feel โœจ magical โœจ
14/12/2025

๐Ÿƒ Mornings in the garden feel
โœจ magical โœจ

Pretty flowers in the garden ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŒธ
09/12/2025

Pretty flowers in the garden ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŒธ

๐Ÿƒ Hey everyone ๐Ÿ‘‹ Here's a lovely little early morning harvest to brighten up .burgher 's day ๐Ÿ’—I got beans, greens, potat...
03/12/2025

๐Ÿƒ Hey everyone ๐Ÿ‘‹

Here's a lovely little early morning harvest to brighten up .burgher 's day ๐Ÿ’—

I got beans, greens, potatoes, tomatoes, yams, lambs, turkey... ๐Ÿ—ฃ YOU NAAAAME ITTTT !!

Haha, just kidding ! I've only got the beans and greens for now. Palermo pepper ๐ŸŒถ, some jalapeรฑos...
The potatoes and tomatoes are still growing ๐Ÿ˜… and I don't have that ticket to Turkey just yet - that's also still growing ๐Ÿซ 

The beans ๐Ÿซ˜ are grown from the seeds gifted by the lovely teams over at and
Some of the stalks grew over 3m tall โœจ๏ธ The tallest beanstalk I've ever grown ๐Ÿ˜

The Spinach is from our grow-along earlier this year. I chopped the leaves up, and stored them in the freezer - ready to use.

Jalapeรฑos and Palermo plants are a few years old and still producing ๐ŸŒถ
Did you know you can overwinter your pepper plants ??

Lastly, some cos lettuce for salads ๐Ÿฅ— or sandwiches ๐Ÿฅช

How's your garden growing ?



๐Ÿ’œ ๐‘ท๐’–๐’“๐’‘๐’๐’† flower๐Ÿชป ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ญ๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’• ๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’”๐’• ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฉ๐‘ฝ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ญ๐’†๐’Ž๐’Š๐’„๐’Š๐’…๐’† ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘บ๐’๐’–๐’•๐’‰ ๐‘จ๐’‡๐’“๐’Š๐’„๐’‚ ๐Ÿ’œ๐ŸŸฃ From the website: "On Friday, 21 November, S...
14/11/2025

๐Ÿ’œ ๐‘ท๐’–๐’“๐’‘๐’๐’† flower๐Ÿชป ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ญ๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’• ๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’”๐’• ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฉ๐‘ฝ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ญ๐’†๐’Ž๐’Š๐’„๐’Š๐’…๐’† ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘บ๐’๐’–๐’•๐’‰ ๐‘จ๐’‡๐’“๐’Š๐’„๐’‚ ๐Ÿ’œ

๐ŸŸฃ From the website:

"On Friday, 21 November, South African women will silence the nation.

We call on all women and members of the LGBTQI+ community across South Africa to refrain from all paid and unpaid work in workplaces, universities, and homes, and to spend no money for the entire day to demonstrate the economic and social impact of their absence.

Because until South Africa stops burying a woman every 2.5 hours, the G20 cannot speak of growth and progress. We demand that Gender-Based Violence and Femicide be declared a National Disaster. Not tomorrow. Not at another summit. Now.

๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿฝ๐‘ฏ๐’๐’˜ ๐‘ช๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ฐ ๐‘ท๐’‚๐’“๐’•๐’Š๐’„๐’Š๐’‘๐’‚๐’•๐’†?
On 21 November 2025, you can do one or more of the following:

๐Ÿ’œ Donโ€™t work. No paid or unpaid labour.

๐Ÿ’œ Donโ€™t spend money and withdraw from the economy for one day.

๐Ÿ’œ Join the 15-Minute Standstill by lying down for 15 minutes at 12 pm to honour the 15 women murdered every day and bring South Africa to a complete standstill.

๐Ÿ’œWear black to stand in mourning and resistance.

๐Ÿ’œ Change your profile picture to purple to make the Shutdown visible online.

๐Ÿ’œ Share. Share. Share. Make the Shutdown impossible to ignore. Talk about it, share our posters using

One day. One message.
Without women, South Africa stops."

๐Ÿ’œ Sign the petition to declare GBV and femicide a national disaster in South Africa. The link for the petition can be found in the bio of 's page.

๐Ÿ’œ Please share all graphics from as much as possible and continue to turn SA purple.

๐Ÿ’œ Post purple flowers, fruits or vegetables from the garden to raise awareness of this important movement's aim of amplifying women's voices, and the voices of all those affected by GBV ๐Ÿชป

๐Ÿƒ Happy Garden Day, Everyone ๐ŸŒฑPlease enjoy this picture of my Pear ๐Ÿ baby ๐Ÿฅน
12/10/2025

๐Ÿƒ Happy Garden Day, Everyone ๐ŸŒฑ

Please enjoy this picture of my Pear ๐Ÿ baby ๐Ÿฅน




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