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    Recipe – Hot chilli & tomato jam

    by Lala March 21, 2017

    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…

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    Flavours of Mauritius – Flacq Food market & cooking demo

    by Lala January 18, 2017

    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…

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    This week in the garden – Blossoms, new beds & a beauty

    by Lala November 11, 2016

    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…

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    TV interview about my garden on SABC 1, 31 July

    by Lala July 28, 2016

    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…

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    Success growing sweet mini peppers from supermarket fruit

    by Lala June 1, 2016

    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…

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    TheRainQueen’s 1st Annual International Hot Pepper Eating Challenge

    by Lala February 1, 2016

    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…

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    It’s getting hot in here: Habaneros ripening

    by Lala January 20, 2016

    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…

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    Looking for some hot stuff: Chilli salsa recipe

    by Lala January 16, 2016

    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…

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    My 1st Bonsai Chilli (BonChi)

    by Lala January 7, 2016

    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…

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    Many surprises in the summer garden

    by Lala December 14, 2015

    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…

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Hi, I'm Lavinia.

I'm a South African environmentalist & former journalist, living in China. I am passionate about nature, gardening, writing, & photography. I enjoy connecting with people from different cultures through travel, food & music. We have only one planet - we should all do what we can to take care of it.

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