The weather was so beautiful on Monday that my hubby and I took a meander about the neighbourhood. We live in a quaint village that is surrounded by wheat, canola, cows, sheep and even pigs! I love this time of year, when the fields are green and the canola is bright yellow – hey, wait! It’s not spring yet! The canola is early! Oh well, looks like the patterns are changing and we will be seeing more of this as the seasons come and go. There was snow on the nearby mountain range, but not close enough for me to show you a spectacular photo. But here are the pics I did take!
Love the pigs xx
What’s happening in your neighbourhood?
Happy Gardening xxx
19 replies on “Wander about the neighbourhood”
Really nice pictures. In Ukraine right now it is strangely cold, feels like October already. But the coolness makes harvesting the various crops so much easier. Especially the potatoes and corn:-)
From the Ukraine – wow! Thank you for coming to our blog site. I would love to follow to see what grows in your home town.
Does anyone know where I will be able to get a Canola plant in Johannesburg?
Well, if you like I can collect seeds for you? 🙂
I really like when bloggers take tours of the farms in their areas. I find that there are so many interesting images to be had and you found some very pretty scenery, not the pigs though. 😀
I do like pastures full of sheep and cows. Not many sheep farmers here as cows, so I appreciate you photographing them.
Are you kidding me? It’s that gorgeous during your ‘winter?’ That is crazy! What are the flowers in the 3 and 5 photos? Are they close ups of the canola? They are such a gorgeous shade of yellow. Thanks for giving us a look at your surrounding area, it’s interesting to see how different it is than where I live.
3rd flower is canola – it is a brassica so it is in the same family as broccoli and cabbage and cauliflower etc. The 5th is a wild flower – a buttercup, I think.
We have really warm days and really cold days all in the same week. So it is very unpredictable. But I love it! The warm winter days are my best!!
It’s so interesting to see your sheep; they are so obviously for wool. Here the sheep are to produce milk, it’s a huge area for sheep’s milk cheese and ricotta, their fleeces are always ragged, they have just been shorn to the skin, I worry they’ll get sunburnt! Glad you’re enjoying your early spring, Christina
Oh yes – it really feels like spring, but we are in mid-winter! Can you believe it?
The yellow fields are fabulous. It is hard to believe you have such colorful landscapes while it is yet winter. The setting you live in seems idyllic!
Gorgeous, Barb–makes me want to visit and spend some time in your beautiful part of the world. But I guess we can do that virtually through your blog. Thanks so much for sharing!
Oh, you would love Cape Town. A really pretty city!! But I will show you more of it as time goes by.
I have never seen canola in bloom…just a gorgeous sight of the yellow blooms in the field…you live in a gorgeous place.
Thank you Donna – I love this time of year – the canola is early, though.
Beautiful Barbs!! I should do this too …. I have some interesting “things” to show 🙂
Would be so nice to see what’s happening in your neighbourhood! 🙂
So fresh — no fair! Pretty much blistering and crispy dry here. 41ºC. I need bigger hoses!
Oh my gosh – that is really hot!! 🙁 I don’t think we get that hot – ever!
Stay cool! 🙂
A drive through farmland is beautiful wherever the farms may be. Thanks for sharing you farmland.