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 […]
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 […]
We’ve had a good week weather-wise. Pleasant days of cool mornings, hot around midday and the typical Highveld afternoon thunderstorms. The Vaal dam is still desperately under capacity and our water restrictions are still ongoing. Luckily our rainwater tank is […]
Exciting news! A couple of weeks ago a TV crew came to visit me and interview me about my garden. I spoke about how we try to live an eco-friendly and sustainable life at home. I showed them around the […]
The mini sweet peppers I planted in December are doing great…some much better than others as you can see from the images below. I was inspired by a thread on Gardenweb’s hot pepper forum to try this out. I love […]
The habaneros ripened just in time for me to host some local and international contenders for this prestigious contest, over a braai (bbq) of ribs, chicken, lamb and pork. We spent a wonderful afternoon taste tripping with Miracle Fruit tablets, […]
Finally the chillies on my little habanero are ripening. It feels like the fruit were full sized and green for over two months. It was quite frustrating watching my other peppers put out crop after crop of quickly ripening chillies. […]
I love hot, spicy food and of course growing lots of different types of chillies. Once of the easiest ways to use & store my hot pepper crops is with a simple salsa. This is one I made earlier with […]
My first post of the year is about my first chilli bonsai project. This is also my first post since the blog turned one in late December. I’m so happy my garden projects and the blog have grown so much […]
This afternoon was a very fruitful one in the front garden. Yesterday my father-in-law and our groundsman finished a small project to fence off a large strip of the front garden to keep the dogs out. This area includes the […]