Pips and Pathways

The weekend of 13 September 2014 concluded the resurfacing of the garden pathways with new crushed apricot pips. We decided to use crushed pips to surface the pathways 23 years ago because the use of pips was fairly uncommon but for us it was so natural  and spoke of the area. The Langeberg canning factory was around the corner in Ashton and the pips were crushed in Montagu. It is a natural organic material that cannot harm nature and supports our dream of an organic garden.

I can write poetry to describe the pleasure of seeing the pathways looking so fresh and orderly.

The Vegetable garden freshly pipped.
 

“A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in--what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

 


The Original Front of the House freshly pipped

“The many great gardens of the world, of literature and poetry, of painting and music, of religion and architecture, all make the point as clear as possible: The soul cannot thrive in the absence of a garden. If you don't want paradise, you are not human; and if you are not human, you don't have a soul.”
― Thomas Moore

What can I say pips give me pleasure.