Another try

This morning before the heat struck I gave all the beds a good water by hand a a thick layer of compost. Where the squashes were …

A hammock for my pumpkin

These are lazy days compared to what has been over the last few months. The sun beats down, I water, I help climbers to find the …

Our garden today

Last December I took my readers on a virtual tour of each section - granted, at that stage there were only two areas in productio…

Hey! Mom...come look at this!

My children work hard in the garden and while the major push of planting and compost adding is done for the season there is alot …

Jungle gardening

In one of my favourite gardening books - Jane's Delicious Garden - I came across this term...Jungle Gardening. Because of our…

That's it! I am officially done.

Today I officially planted my last seeds - 4 watermelon seeds and 18 corn. We have no more garden space to plant. Thus far we hav…

A second try

When we started growing our own food in June 2008 one of the first things I tried was growing potatoes in tyres . The goal was to…

Morning visitors

I love going into my garden early in the morning. I am normally up from 5.30 for my excercise session and there is still dew and …

Budding photographer

I know this is a little OT, but my daughter took these two photos and I want to share them... My organic beans from the UK are fl…

Jack and the bean stalk

It's so great to watch our veggies growing. Sometimes I catch myself having a "moment" when I just stand at watch.…

Chickens in heaven

Incredible Hulk and Superman worked hard all morning on our latest project. They had to put up a temporary fence around the area …

Trying to restrain myself...

But its so hard! This.... is staring at me all day. I am waiting for a few more to ripen and then we can have them on waffles or …

Superman does it again!

This morning before the sun was in its zenith (well actually at about 9.30) Superman and his side kick Robyn carried on with our …

My weekend plans....

Thanks to Superman, I have my work cut out for me this weekend...he has promised to help though. Today we had lots of potting soi…

Should I stay or should I go?

On Friday I took the 4 children to Hermanus to see their grandparents and the beautiful Southern Right Whales that come to calve …

Growing up....ways to make more space.

Today you would think it was spring here in Cape Town...it is warm and we made hay while the sun shines. So it was onwards and up…

Time to plan...

The last two days have been spent travelling to and from Sutherland...the coldest place in South Africa (this morning the temp wa…