Tag: gardening
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Composting: How to set up your own worm farm
Worm tea makes a very nutritious and non-toxic liquid feed for your plants. Setting up your own worm farm is pretty quick – here’s how to do it.
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Simple steps to healthy soil
Healthy soil is the foundation of any garden. Follow these steps so that your plants and vegetables can flourish.
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Putting plastic bottles to work in your garden
Reusing 2-litre plastic bottles as closhes for your seedlings helps protect them from pests – and keeps them from drying out.
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From waste to wonder: Upcycling tips for your home
Finding ways to give old things new purpose is a planet-friendly approach to gardening and decorating your home.
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PSHB: The little beetle causing big problems for SA’s trees
South Africa has quite an array of invasive species and the tiny polyphagous shot hole borer beetle (PSHB) is arguably one of the worst South Africa has had to deal with. Here’s why – and what you can do if your trees have fallen victim to it.
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How to make your own compost
Compost is a garden fertiliser that you can make yourself by using vegetable material and other garden waste. Here’s how to do it.
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How to make your own compost bin
You can buy plastic compost bins from hardware stores and nurseries, but they’re quite expensive. It’s not that hard to build your own one.
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New adventures with vegetables
I’ve been growing veggies in a very haphazard way for a few years. Well, to be honest, I think things grow in my veg patch despite my attempts at gardening and not because of them; what survives seems to have either seeded itself there, or been planted and looked after by the man who comes […]
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Don’t forget to feed the worms
For all the eco-minded people in Johannesburg thinking of “semigrating” to Cape Town, here’s a little something to whet your apetite. Not only is the stately Mount Nelson hotel practising vermiculture, even little restaurants tucked away in shady Noordhoek are using worms to recycle their kitchen scraps. This wormery stands outside a restaurant in a […]