Rudi and I could not agree what aloe to plant where so we divided the garden with each one doing what he or she pleases on that part of the garden. That does not mean that any one of us do keep out of the other one's territory when he is not looking. The two different sides give an interesting display but it is a far cry from landscaping. It is closer to an "untouched by human hands" wilderness than any landscaper would be able to design.
We are expecting a visitor from the Netherlands to see our aloe garden. We do want to make a good impression, he fitted us into a busy schedule and he must be expecting something like a botanical garden to go to all the trouble to see our garden. First thing was to tidy the garden. There is no choice but to pull out weeds by hand amongst the aloes. That is very tricky, those teeth are sharp and gloves just get hooked and torn. My hands look like a war-zone. At least now I have an excuse for how they look.
There were a few empty looking spots, but some aloes sent out too many shoots in the rain season in other places. That is one very convenient thing about aloes. They transplant easy, no matter size, and being succulent they do not wilt and show that they have been transplanted in a hurry to impress a guest.
Nothing like a few stones to give a succulent garden a face-lift. I painted a snake on one of the stones and hid it partially under an aloe. oohh I am so proud of that snake. Not to mention the clean garden paths that are now visible leading off to some aloe wilderness. See our garden on http://storm.prohosting.com/farm4u
