It’s time to get your hands dirty! Nothing beats saying “everything in this dish came straight out of my garden!” Before you start: Make sure that your seeds are fresh. As a general rule, seeds should be sown at a depth of about three times their own size. With very fine seeds, like carrots and [...]
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I have a rabbit problem. Imagine my horror, when, lusting after a fresh garden salad I went to the veggie patch, basket in hand, ready to pick all the crunchy goodness my heart desired… only to discover that some fluffy little critter had beaten me to it! Yes, a cuddly wuddly rabbit had snacked on [...]
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A little bit of rain is a very big deal here in the drought-stricken Eastern Cape. In fact whenever it does rain, I stop what I am doing to say a private Thank-You and then turn my attention to the relief-inspiring sound of rainwater running into our underground reservoir. It’s music to my ears. The [...]
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So, the search to green my life and live more sustainably continues. My first stop? Wild Organics Trading Store. Since finding this place, it’s changed what I eat, when I eat it and how I think about food. Lately, when I walk down the gleaming supermarket aisle or ponder over a menu at a restaurant [...]
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Is the grass greener on the other side? Last year I decided to recycle my life, and inevitably discovered the answer to that question. My husband and I traded in our film-industry careers to farm organic vegetables, and replaced the hustle-and-bustle traffic fumes of Jozi for a windswept sea-view stoep in the forgotten frontier of [...]
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The Big Shi(f)t I’ve been called a tree-hugging hippy more times than I care to remember and I resent it. I love Gucci. Guess. Diesel. Armani. And nice things. I don’t have the dreaded dreads. I don’t wear homemade rainbow- spiral tie dyed tees or sandals made of grass. I believe in personal hygiene. And [...]
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