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Comfrey

By on August 3, 2011 in garden, soil

Hi there, Can you please inform me in, where I would get this plant/seeds? Kind Regards Jean Heynike

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Air Plant

By on October 28, 2010 in garden, soil

Another type of air plant that grows anywhere. Just drape it over wherever you’d like to see it and it takes off. No watering necessary, or soil or compost. Easy gardening. Helen African Cotton

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Gardening for idiots

By on October 13, 2010 in garden, soil, succulent

As if nature’s bounty weren’t enough, I’ve now found a forum to share my passion. Thanks. In Durban, nature will happen! I just have to share the results of adding a few aloe and euphorbia cuttings along with some leaf litter, to feedbags half filled with

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The fairy’s castle

By on January 26, 2010 in flowers, indigenous, soil

Here is another interesting plant I came upon in Kokstad. According to my friend’s son, it is called a ‘Fairy’s Castle’… I’m not sure if this is the botanical name but it is a very cool plant. Does anyone know what it is?

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Climate change- countdown to Copenhagen

By on December 9, 2009 in environment, garden, soil, sustainability

Are you worried about changing climates? Some of you may have noticed strange weather patterns happening in your city or seen the terrifying images of melting icecaps, flash floods and barren wastelands due to prolonged periods of drought. Others may have read about the devastating effects changing climates have on food security, species extinction and [...]

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