Lewisia cotyledon ‘Elise Mix’ is a strikingly beautiful addition to the range of flowering succulents for low-water gardens and containers, as well as for indoors as … Read More about Lewisia Cotyledon ‘Elise Mix’
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Peace Lily paradise
House Vermaak – SALI Gold Award winning Garden 2018 This Gold SALI Award winning 2-acre ‘old Kloof’ garden boasts the original structure of very large old … Read More about Peace Lily paradise
Seaside Gardening
This home by the sea is complemented by a garden that is both practical and gorgeous! What turns a house into a home? It may start with a house and a … Read More about Seaside Gardening
Botanical table settings
Country Garden Setting the table for a feast can be great fun, and you can use what you have in the garden. From contemporary green and white to flamboyant colour … Read More about Botanical table settings
Woodland box
Replicate the forest floor and take the woodland indoors with this DIY and pot recipe in one. You will need: Timber (shutterboard or any scrap wood) cut … Read More about Woodland box
Watermelon Ice Lollies
Artisanal food is a term that we hear a lot, and now it has been extended to popsicles (fruit ices). On hot days, especially at the beach or around the pool, there … Read More about Watermelon Ice Lollies
Go for a green lawn!
Now is the time for ‘the spring treatment’ or ‘spring scarifying’, which are the horticultural terms for giving the lawn a low cut, a firm raking or scraping, … Read More about Go for a green lawn!
Sweet Potatoes
Sweet Potatoes Sweet potatoes are not a run-of-the- mill veggie where you just buy a packet of seeds, sow them and watch them grow. No, for sweet potatoes you … Read More about Sweet Potatoes
Practical DIY
From Pebbles to Paving
From Pebbles to Paving: What you need: • river sand • PPC cement • pebbles (1 x 20kg per ½m2) • rubber … Read More about From Pebbles to Paving
Swinging in the Breeze
Swinging in the Breeze: Easily convert a rickety old chair into a hanging seat for your garden or … Read More about Swinging in the Breeze
Kitchen Gardening
What’s new in veggies – 2016
Spice up your food garden with these deliciously different veggie varieties. Every year we lucky food gardeners are … Read More about What’s new in veggies – 2016
Growing Peas
Peas are essentially a cool season vegetable and one of the first that can be planted in spring. … Read More about Growing Peas