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Medicinal plants

By on November 17, 2011 in indigenous, medicinal

We recently made a trip to !Khwa ttu, the San Education and Culture Centre, which is a little way up the West Coast. They have a great garden on their premises with a load of medicinal plants. Check out some of these pics and accompanying labels…

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WANTED: Comfrey and Black Sampson Coneflower

By on November 9, 2011 in garden, medicinal, plant and seed exchange

Hi, Do you keep Comfrey runners and Echinacea seed? If so, I would be very interested in buying them. Kind regards, Lynda Jones

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Air plants

By on October 24, 2010 in garden, medicinal, tree

We have 2 lovely air plants (Tillandsia bergeri from the Bromeliad family) growing off our super productive lemon tree. After a quick google i learnt that air plants come from the same family as pineapples and the leaves are used as a herbal supplement to treat pollen allergies Our plants are home to a multitude of other [...]

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Spekboom Succulent Thicket

Spekboom in South Africa

By on June 28, 2010 in environment, indigenous, medicinal, succulent, sustainability

Here’s some info I found on Spekboom’s distribution in South Africa. Addo Elephant National Park Spekboom (Portulacaria Afra) grows in abundance in the drier parts of the Eastern Cape, especially on the high plateau Karoo hill slopes or flats (c. 400 to 1,060 meters above sea level) and is particularly prominent in the Addo bush [...]

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Get wild with garlic!

By on April 23, 2010 in garden, indigenous, medicinal

I have just started looking at possibilities for a small garden in my flat and found that there is already a wild garlic plant growing… We have already discussed its varied uses but it seems to have a few more….

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