Gardening Blogs and Guides

How to Read a Seed Packet

May 2, 2025
When the seasons start their delightful turn, I feel like a new gardener.  Hauling out the seed packets, stocking up on a few new varieties, and laying out the new season’s garden in my planner always reignites my interest in seeds and growing food. There

Growing Lettuce

January 27, 2025
A summer staple that actually grows best in cooler weather, lettuce is one of the most recognisable leafy crops and something you can grow all year round in your very own home vegetable garden. Lettuce is one of those crops that you can start harvesting

10-Minute No Bake Coconut Chocolate Brownies

January 23, 2025
This no-bake brownie is easy to make and dangerously addictive! Created for my brother, after he fell in love with a store bought brownie that had no list of ingredients on the package, this brownie can be put together within 10-minutes. Made with ingredients you

10 Steps to Start Growing Vegetables at Home

January 7, 2025
Starting a vegetable garden can feel like a dizzying experience. The moment you start researching all the different gardening styles, layouts, and seeds, you could start wondering if this is something you make a success of. But the process of creating your first food garden

Growing Nasturtiums

December 9, 2024
You can eat the flowers and the leaves, the plant looks stunning in the garden, and it is the perfect trap crop; nasturtiums are the wonder plant that every gardener should be growing and a wonderful addition to your home vegetable garden.  I grow nasturtiums

Wildflowers of the Foothills of the Lowveld

November 18, 2024
Living in the Foothills of the Lowveld means we are not just landowners with a home and a garden; we are the custodians of a piece of land that is home to countless indigenous plants, trees, birds, and wildlife. Except for maybe 6 hectares, the

Growing Dill

November 15, 2024
Of all the herbs one could possibly grow, Dill is my favourite. It tastes great, it’s easy to grow from seed, and it makes the most beautiful plant, with the most beautiful flowers. I will usually have a whole bed full of it, and aside

Blind Faith and Tomato Seeds

July 11, 2024
It was around the middle of October 2007 when the truck pulled up outside my childhood home. We were moving from the house that both my mother and her siblings, and my brother and I, had grown up in and I was upset. I don’t
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