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Seeds or seedlings?

By on May 26, 2013 in food, garden, soil

Seeds or seedlings? Using seedlings is easier and saves time, but the variety of available vegetables is limited. Choose the strongest, healthiest looking plants. If the seedlings start out weak, they will always struggle to grow and your harvest will be small. Growing vegetables from seed can be challenging. I planted only seedlings for the [...]

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WANTED: Comfrey Plant or Seeds

By on May 7, 2013 in garden, plant and seed exchange

Hi there, I am in Midrand and was hoping you could advise where i could get a comfrey plant or some seeds. Thanks, Avi

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How To Save A Public Library: Make It A Seed Bank

By on February 7, 2013 in food, permaculture

This is an inspiring story from the States. South Africa, take note! Despite the cold and snow, some signs of spring are starting to break through in Colorado. The public library in the small town of Basalt is trying an experiment: In addition to borrowing books, residents can now check out seeds. In a corner [...]

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GLEL March invite

By on March 16, 2012 in environment, garden

You are invited to attend GREEN LIVING EAST LONDON, MARCH MEETING Where: Enviro Centre at Nahoon Estuary Reserve, Bonza Bay When: 17th March Time: 14:30 to 16:00pm Programme: “Seeds of Change” At this meeting we will be exploring the topic of ‘seeds’, those magical little entities! We will kick-start the meeting with a short talk by [...]

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WANTED: Fever Trees

By on November 10, 2011 in garden, indigenous, plant and seed exchange

Hi All, I am looking for seeds of Acacia xanthophloea ( Fever Tree ) Can anyone help or advise on where I could obtain some / Thanks JennyE

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South African Seeds

By on July 18, 2011 in food, garden

I came across this the other day, a South African seed company, the Gravel Garden, which sells a large variety of vegetable seeds, some of which are heirloom plants. Click here for the seed list and get growing…

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Il(legal) seeds?

By on July 13, 2011 in garden

Hello, I will be traveling to Cape Town and then on to Mozambique next week. Do you know if it is legal to carry vegetable seeds into the country? I’ve been searching online for info without success. Thanks, Helen Broughton

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Coriander Seeds

Coriander Seeds

By on September 25, 2010 in food

My mom got some coriander seeds from a friend the other day and kindly passed some on to me.  For those of you who cook with the seeds this may seem like an obvious observation, but I never thought the seeds would be so big! Anyway, my mom’s friend suggested planting a few seeds every [...]

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Seed saving, selling and exchanging

By on August 25, 2010 in garden, sustainability

Hello Seed Savers, You may be interested in our new website called SeedLiving for buying, selling and swapping open pollinated seeds and live plants. It is entirely a pay what you can website. You may also post news & tips for free as well as events. The site is international although we are based in [...]

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