Lilies of the city

Lilies of the city

Another short post about our visit to the Durban Botanic Garden, this time to share some pics of the lilies in bloom.

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Cannonball in bloom

Cannonball!

We went down to the Durban Botanic Gardens last weekend in search of the Living Beehive. The Beehive was unfortunately undergoing renovations but we did spot this amazing Canonball tree, in full bloom.

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Help with Spekboom project

I am a teacher at a socio and economically challenged school and community.  I am situated on the border of the Gauteng and Nort west Provinces, close to Johannesburg with various mines and industries with polution issues. I would like to use the spekboom nursery to address environmental awareness at the school, supplement the school [...]

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WANTED: Multi-coloured radish seeds

Hello, It is two years since my husband bought a packet of radish seeds, which produced multi-coloured radishes in yellow, pale pink, dark pink, red, mauve and white.  We went back to Builders Hardware where he bought the seeds, but they had no more.  We asked them to investigate for us, and went back a [...]

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WANTED: Looking for coriander seed….

Hi Niall, I’ve read your blog regarding coriander seeds very interesting, however have a problem obtaining them. Could you please advise me where I can buy them from Niall. Thank you SO much! Poppie from Napier (South Africa)

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