Vegetable garden

We’re now starting to harvest the literal fruits of our labour, which began in Autumn of 2019 when we moved into our current home in Shanghai. These labours of love…

Given the opportunity, I always pick sweet potato fries over regular french fries. I can’t resist them roasted or mashed as well. Sweet potatoes are not only tasty, but they…

I’ve been living in Shanghai for a few months and of course I have missed gardening. I’ve collected several orchids, succulents and other ornamental houseplants like anthuriums. Above: My highly…

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…

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…

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…

This is the start of our tomato crop for this year. I’ve planted 16 tomato seedlings in the square foot garden out in the front. I’ve got some Roma and…

Today I picked some long awaited produce for lunch. I’m happy with how the rainbow carrots are doing. I got a nice purple one. They look very interesting in cross…

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…

I had great success growing different varieties of leafy greens like Asian cabbages / brassicas & mustards. I went months without buying any salad greens from Woollies. I had so…