What better place to celebrate Heritage Day than your own space? With just a little planning, you can create an outdoor entertainment space filled with vibrant colour, proudly South African plants, and herbs at hand
Growing Strawberries Growing strawberries is one of life’s most wonderful pleasures! Early to mid-autumn is the best time to plant strawberries, while early spring is strawberry
Edible Hedges Hedges are handy things to cultivate as they serve so many purposes in the garden and there is no better time to plant
Growing your own Brassicas Brassicas, in all their different forms and varieties, have come under the spotlight lately as a major player in health, diet
Artemisia afra When the old folks said: “The worse the medicine tastes, the better it works”, they could well have been talking about wormwood. It
Apart from being the most attractive, aromatic and easy-to-grow herb, thyme is probably also the most used and abused plant in garden puns, none of
Edible Flowers Spring has simply burst forth with a blast of colour and an abundance of blooms – what a festival of life and renewal!
Growing Avocados Rich in anti-oxidants and vitamins A and C and high in monounsaturated fats, avocados were awarded the South African Heart Foundation’s heart mark
Growing Potatoes The humble spud, native to South America, has been cultivated and eaten for centuries the world over. It’s a capsule full of goodness,
Basil Basil (Ocimum basilicum) is everybody’s must-have herb for so many reasons. Nina Killham perfectly defines this flexible gardener’s and culinary favourite in her foodie
Growing Lettuce Lettuce has been around for many centuries – it was consumed by the Persian Kings as long ago as 550BC- and has really
PLANTING PEAS Whether it’s for their pretty mauve flowers, the way their dainty tendrils curl around the trellis or the pleasure of cracking open their
Growing Garlic Love it or hate it, Garlic has been used medicinally since 15BC and is now an indispensable ingredient in many cuisines. The planting
Coriander Coriandrum sativum, also known as coriander, cilantro or dhania (depending on where in the world you find yourself and which part of the plant
Growing Berries “Dynamite comes in small packages”, they say, and such is the case with berries. These little fruits are just packed with vitamins, minerals,
Growing Granadillas Passiflora edulis, commonly known as granadilla or purple passionfruit, is an ever popular vine grown for its lush, bright green foliage, stunningly striking
Everything Mint Peppermint, spearmint, the common garden mint, chocolate mint, eau-de-cologne mint, apple mint, pineapple mint, strawberry mint, wild mint and even cat mint… there’s
Too Hot to Handle – we’re Growing Peppers! Some like it hot and some like it sweet…whatever you prefer, there’s sure to be a pepper
