Rachel and I actually pretended to be tourists today – of course it was raining intermittently, but it turned off and on enough to get out and see the local countryside a little bit!
Table Cape and some surrounding farm areas are all a sea of colour these days with the tulips out everywhere
We did go up to the tulip farm – checked out the shop and displays, but acted a little stingy and didn’t pay the $10 to actually go into the fields – figured I would wait until the weather was nicer, and I had my tripod to experiment a bit with some photos.
But there were a few fields of tulips that we could see on the drive back home, which was very enjoyable.
I hope your day was just as beautiful!
Cheers!
Lisa,
Gorgeous tulip pics, especially for those of us who live in deer country! Who/what is the market for those wonderful flowers? Most seem to be blooming, so don’t know if grown for cut flowers.
Thank-you! Its so nice at this time of year seeing all the tulip fields! These are grown for bulbs. Its kinda sad when you see them all with their heads chopped off 🙁 But while they are doing their thing, its amazing!!
Would deer eat the tulips?
Oh yes, tulips are a delicacy to deer! Know many people who install 8 ft fence around their entire property to keep the deer from eating their plants. I splurged last fall with a small bag of bulbs and planted them close to the front door, hoping that the human smell would keep them away. It did but tulips are more of an annual here as each succeeding year the flowers diminish. Have lost the first round of day lily flowers to deer, they have topped all my bean plants, and this year noshed on all my tomatoes pre fruit! Also fight the good fight with chipmunks and squirrels. They love my strawberries and cukes. So yes, the “locals” are a gardening issue. Won’t talk about the worst of them all, finger blight.
Oh how frustrating!! I see why people indulge in 8ft fences!! Chipmunks and squirrels are also not an issue here! Our possums can be problematic, but so far – touch wood – we haven’t had any real disasters.
People nearer the bush have the kangaroos and wallabies that love eating what they shouldn’t. We had a pademelon recently (small fat wallaby) but the worst it did was sleep on my freesias and poo on the lawn! lol
Love your beautiful photography. AWESOME fields of tulips; thanks for sharing your Spring with us!
Hi Teri! Thank-you. Its a great time of year. Reminding me that better weather is around the corner!
Oh my goodness, love the tulips! It’s my favorite flower, thanks!
Welcome! Its a pretty time of year!