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 [...]
To illustrate a point, I’ll use a real life example. A friend’s daughter spent a few days over at our place in December. Dani is almost like a daughter to us, she is in fact the daughter of our closest personal friends. At dinner she said that she would like to help milk our cow [...]
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 [...]
Our journey into the practical side of self sustainability. We are learning day by day to grow and process our own food, using ethical production of our food as a starting point.
Veggie Patch 101
So Winter is officially here, with the whole world looking brown and grey, not much is growing. If you are lucky enough to have an existing veggie patch, all your planting is now done. You are slowly enjoying the harvests of winter veggies. However, in just 3 months time Spring will be on [...]
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 – [...]
