Here is the promised article on how to make a cold frame. This is a simple project that should not take more than 2 – 3 hours. I built both of these in 3 hours, the longest part of the job is measuring and cutting.
A cold frame is used specifically to allow for the germination [...]
Are you a market gardener, or are you looking at becoming a market gardener?
Market gardening is taking off at a pace that is astounding in South Africa, one can hardly believe the number of Farmers Markets and Local Produce Markets that have sprung up over the last 3-4 years.
Typically one finds that they are either [...]
The very idea of eating a carrot that is possibly the same as Jesus Christ ate, or beans that were on one of the first ships that landed in America (before it was America) is unique and romantic. Eating food that has been passed down from generation to generation as a precious gift, is something [...]
There are many instances where one can make use of traditional “throw-away” items in ones household by putting them to a second use, or even with a bit off effort make a store bought item at home that is firstly healthier, secondly tastier and thirdly more cost effective.
Regarding the general Seminis [Monsanto's vegetable Division] business in Africa, the main project is the hybridisation program where Monsanto is actively working in all areas to convert growers from growing open pollinated varieties to hybrid varieties.
~ Monsanto Website
When one uses the term “Organic” with reference to food consumed by the general populace, it tends to conjure up warm fuzzy feelings about good farming practices and people up to their elbows in compost and earthworms. The truth is however slightly different.
It’s taken me a while to write this post as I’ve been struggling [...]
In this last week I’ve had two emails from people that are concerned about the effects on GM on our food security. I’ll come to the two mails shortly, however I’d like to lay a foundation as to why we are in the predicament that we are.
We are in a predicament you say? Howso? Well [...]
It took me a few years to work out that a winter veggie garden is not planted just before or in winter. (OK I admit, I can be a tad slow) The winter garden is one that is planted in late summer or very early autumn, with very little planted in winter. In winter all [...]
Over the last few weeks I have been pondering the impact of the 2010 FIFA World Cup on us normal South Africans. Looking at the influx of people, we will have well over 600 000 people visiting us in a 6-8 week period. I had been seeing reports of price escalations in the order of [...]
The Wolfpeach or pomme d’ amour is probably the most well known vegetable, and the reason I believe for the rise of heirloom vegetables in general. Most people that grew up in the 60’s and 70’s and before, can remember either their Ouma’s or Mothers homegrown tomatoes, ones that had real flavor and texture. Not [...]
Now I know I’m going to get a whole stack of emails saying that I’m beginning to sound like a doomsayer and that I think the sky is going to fall. Yes, I know, I know. I’m not saying let’s run scared for the hills, what I am saying is look at what’s happening elsewhere [...]
VICTORY FOR BIOWATCH IN LANDMARK LEGAL CASE
Johannesburg, 3 June 2009
Constitutional Court Justice Albie Sachs today handed down judgment in the Biowatch case. Calling the case “a matter of great interest to the legal profession, the general public, and bodies concerned with public interest litigation”, Justice Sachs set aside the costs order awarded against Biowatch in [...]
Depending on your source, the word Locavore was coined in 2005 by either one or a group of 4 ladies in San Francisco. The important point however, is that this is a term that describes people that specifically seek out locally grown or produced foodstuffs. Generally a distance limit is applied of around 100 – [...]
