It is quite shocking when you go into the grocery stores and you see the prices of vegetables. I think it is time to start a vegetable garden, if you haven’t yet. Especially if butternut sell for R29.99 per kilo.
How do you know with what to start?
At Stodels in Bellville, Western Cape, you can find all the vegetable and herb seedlings you need for each season.
Now is the time to sow beetroot, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, onions and a few more. Follow the link below to read more.
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Follow the link above to find out wat you can plant & sow, how to feed it, what mulch you need and how to neaten up your garden.
What if you don’t have a big garden?
Planter boxes can be used or anything that you can plant in. People living in flats use smaller containers and make use of their balconies. If you want to do it, you will find a way.
One of my favorite plants are nasturtiums … it is an annual plant, but they are also self-seeding. What I love about nasturtiums is that the flowers are edible. You can actually eat the whole plant. It has a peppery, almost mustardy taste. My friend, Marinda, always puts nasturtium in our salads. I just love it. The seedpods can be pickled as well and used like capers. What a versatile plant to have in your garden.
They also share some FRESH IDEAS on waterwise gardening, when to water your garden, container gardening, collecting grey water and rainwater-harvesting.
READ MORE: NASTURTIUM
If you are from the Northern Suburbs of Cape Town contact Colin Lee on 082 856 4578 for a solution for Collecting Grey Water or Rainwater Harvesting
