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WANTED: Comfrey Seeds

By on March 16, 2012 in plant and seed exchange

Hi Sprig, I am looking for Comfrey seeds or plants. I live in Somerset West. I see someone else asked the same question last year. Did they get any info? Mulch love from me, Jen Douglas

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OFFERED: Spekboom seedlings

By on February 8, 2012 in indigenous, medicinal, plant and seed exchange

I have 5 small spekboom plants in a seedling tray that were taken from cuttings in December. They are very healthy and I am happy for anyone in the Durban area to have them. I really don’t want to post them! Helen McNulty African Cotton

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Help with Spekboom project

By on February 2, 2012 in environment, garden

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: Spekboom cutting

By on November 7, 2011 in indigenous, succulent

Dear Sir/ Madam I would appreciate getting Spekboom cuttings. I came across this article in 2011 Indigenous Gardening Handbook and would like to grow it. Regards, Isaac

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It’s the bomb!

By on December 7, 2010 in environment, garden, succulent

A seed bomb (or green grenade) is designed to enable seeds to be sown in hard to reach places or where a gardener cannot take long to prepare the ground. It is a compressed ball of soil and compost that contains seeds. Apparently, seedbombing is widely used in parts of Africa where grass seeds are [...]

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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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Spekboom vs Carbon & Poverty

By on June 9, 2010 in environment, indigenous, succulent, sustainability, tree

Spekboom is alive and well , and growing… I came across a new initiative dedicated to promoting the planting of Spekboom trees. The Spekboom Carbon and Poverty Alleviation Project aims to:

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Spekboom Progress Report

By on April 29, 2010 in garden

Unfortunately it has been very dry on this side of the world.  For spekboom to be dying you must know when need a bit more rain. I have planted a number of trees that are surviving but not really growing. Given a bit more time and rain things will get better and more planting will [...]

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Announcing the availability of Spekboom in COMPOTS

By on January 30, 2010 in succulent, sustainability

From the Spekboom Carbon and Poverty Alleviation Project.  Sounds interesting: “John Sachs from Barrydale has set up a factory in our village manufacturing COMPOTS – these are containers made from 100% compost, which is the greenest possible way in which to distribute Spekboom (and other plants for that matter).  The compot containers can be planted [...]

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Spekboom as far as the eye can see

By on November 5, 2009 in garden

My dear husband and I have recently returned from a two-week road trip 1000km from our home town. One of our stops was Gamkaskloof or ‘Die Hel’ a remote area of the Swartberg in the Karoo. We saw some amazing things, but one of the many beautiful things that made my heart beat faster (apart [...]

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