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  • ChickensGardeningHerbsPermacultureVegetable gardenVideos

    New videos – How to grow lots of food in a small space + chicken fun

    by Lala December 17, 2016
    by Lala December 17, 2016

    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…

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  • BlueberriesChilliesFlowersGardeningHerbsHome OrchardPermacultureSuperfoodsVegetable garden

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

    by Lala November 11, 2016
    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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  • GardeningVegetable garden

    Growing heirloom tomatoes & volunteers

    by Lala October 14, 2016
    by Lala October 14, 2016

    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…

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  • GardeningPermacultureVegetable garden

    Today’s harvest: Purple carrots, cape gooseberries & granadillas

    by Lala October 12, 2016
    by Lala October 12, 2016

    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…

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  • ChilliesGardening

    Success growing sweet mini peppers from supermarket fruit

    by Lala June 1, 2016
    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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  • GardeningSuperfoodsVegetable garden

    Cool season veggies I’m growing this year

    by Lala May 28, 2016
    by Lala May 28, 2016

    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…

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  • GalleriesHome OrchardPermacultureTravel

    How to tell if watermelons are ripe for picking

    by Lala February 6, 2016
    by Lala February 6, 2016

    Yay! I’ve successfully grown a store bought Japanese watermelon from seed. If you recall I planted a red “personal” watermelon that is small enough for one person to hold in…

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  • ChilliesGardeningRecipes

    Looking for some hot stuff: Chilli salsa recipe

    by Lala January 16, 2016
    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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  • ChilliesHome OrchardVegetable garden

    Many surprises in the summer garden

    by Lala December 14, 2015
    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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  • GardeningSuperfoods

    Growing Japanese soybeans in home garden

    by Lala October 18, 2015
    by Lala October 18, 2015

    When we visited Japan in June, our Kyoto host mom Haruna made us a simple but very delicious snack of soybeans boiled in salted water in their pods. She showed…

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