Today’s recipe was inspired by a need to make use of a beer that is not quite to my taste. I was expecting something similar to my favourite tequila infused Cider (Savanna). What the Liberado beer didn’t do for me […]
I got the idea to make a tomato jam for the first time, from a fellow PhD candidate at our faculty’s launch event / cocktail function in February. I had a whole lot of huge, volunteer tomatoes in the hugelkultur bed […]
This has been a wonderful week for my orchids. Although very hot and dry until today’s afternoon shower, I managed to keep all the orchids well fed and watered. At first I was watering all of the orchids every ten […]
Last year for Easter my little family and I visited the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. Apart from a well deserved break, I was of course very excited to see the plants, tropical fruit, spices and vegetables popular on the […]
The summer garden has been showing off lately. So many beautiful herbs, fruit and veggies in bloom and fruiting. We have also been blessed with lots of rain in between the heat. All this is a great combo for attracting […]
Did you know there is a very special orchid that smells just like chococolate? Let me tell you more about it and show you two of mine. Please LIKE, COMMENT & SUBSCRIBE to my Youtube channel: Youtube.com/therainqueen for more videos […]
While visiting my family in the North West province, I was introduced to a delicious vegetable known as Covo (Brassica oleracea var acephala). Covo was introduced to the area by the Zimbabwean families who moved to the area in recent […]
I hope everyone is having a pleasant and safe December. We’ve been busy visiting family, collecting new plants and of course working in the garden. I’ve managed to squeeze in lots of video filming & editing which I’ll be sharing […]
It has become much easier to find & buy blueberry plants to grow in your garden in South Africa, since I started this blog in 2014. Back then they were almost impossible to find. December is the main blueberry season […]
I can’t explain exactly how it came to be, but a couple of weeks ago I fell head-first into the orchid hobby. I have always associated orchids with elegant ladies, massive greenhouses and similarly massive amounts of effort and time […]