Winter solstice
Happy Winter Solstice, South African gardeners! 🇿🇦❄️ Yoh! It sure is cold outside. Today is the shortest day of the year, meaning your winter crops are officially at their quietest point. But guess what? From tomorrow, the light starts coming back.
Wondering how to care for your veggie plot during this low-light chapter? Peep this blog!
Honey is medicine
Honey has been used as a natural medicine for thousands of years. Let’s use it to make a natural flu fighting remedy.
Waste Not, Want Not
Turning Your Kitchen Scraps into Garden Gold: A Guide to Managing Food Waste at Home. Let’s take control of what leaves our kitchens and gardens.
Autumn Hustle: Let’s get dirty
Autumn has arrived in Johannesburg. While many people see this as the time to pack away the garden fork and retreat indoors, those of us with soil under our fingernails know better. Let’s get dirty and embrace the busyness and beauty of the autumn garden.
Curious about Comfrey
Stop buying fertiliser. Start growing it! 🌿✨ Comfrey is a great fertiliser for your garden.
Cultivating Gardens and Hearts
The past week was about connecting accountants to nature and reflecting on my personal gardening journey.
Kickstart your spring garden
After the cool, dry winter, it's finally time to breathe life back into your garden. This post is your essential guide to preparing your Johannesburg garden for a spectacular summer. Get ready to get your hands dirty!
Eat your beet
From tiny seeds to vibrant roots, growing your own beetroot is incredibly rewarding. And eating them? Delish! Whether roasted, pickled, or blended into a smoothie, earthy beetroot is packed with goodness. This is beyond Sunday 7 colours! What's your favourite way to enjoy them? #Beetroot #GardenToTable #HomegrownGoodness
A Gardener’s Solstice Song
As the year culminates and the shortest day descends upon us, the winter solstice arrives, bringing with it a profound stillness. It's a time when nature pauses, and in my garden, life seems to hold its breath. This moment in the year stirs within me a reflection on love, absence, and the promise of return; a gardener patiently awaiting the sun's strengthening embrace.
The Honey Hustle
Honey is a seasonal product. Selling Verity Honey has showed me that there is so much that people don’t know about honey, how it is made or how to tell if it is real. Here are a few tips about honey. You can buy Verity Honey and other Verity products here
Winter Garden Prep
Start planning for the autumn/winter garden in 2025! It’s not too early :)
Save our seeds
By embracing seed saving, you can enjoy a more sustainable and cost-effective gardening experience.
You can also watch my vlog on seed saving. where I save beetroot seeds and radish seeds.
The value of vermicompost
Vermicompost is valuable to the home gardener. Your soil will thank you.
Garden green smoothies
Here is a simple guide to make a healthy green smoothie using garden-grown produce.