I have been thinking about that title for a month or so. My amaranth is flourishing but am I? It has been going through my head endlessly. Is this what I was aiming for with my life? But then the garden

For the whole of South Africa, except the area in which I live, summer had arrived. But only in the last two days, have summer really reached my area. We are in the middle of the summer heat now. Just

The weather is changing rapidly, from the cold winter to the hot summer. But it is also still very confused, as we have had some rain (we live in a winter rain season area) and some really cold days. The

More than a year ago, 500 days to be precise, I built a raised bed from scrap materials. In the last couple of months, I "upgraded" this system by making it slightly bigger. It is by no means

¡Hola para todos los que me siguen! Me complace saludarlos de nuevo. Hoy es día de comer algo de vegetales y por eso les daré esta receta fácil y deliciosa que les va a encantar. Hello to all my followers!

homegrown swiss chard | onion | parmesan | sunflower seeds Lately, I haven't been able to cook as much as I would have liked to. I have fallen back on making quick and simple dishes, which does not always

abundance only exist when absolute loss is held close to the heart abundance only exist in the heart of those who know the destruction of utter loss | Sick Swiss Chard Leaves | Spider mites... Need I say

It always pains me to cut back flowers. It feels morally wrong to me to cut them. Even if only to place them in water and put them in the kitchen, I feel that the need to be left alone in the garden where

We do not determine our own fate, life is a chaotic mixture of different movements. Chickweed taking over Swiss chard I did not plan for this. Impromptu, I travelled to my fiance. Travelling is the worst

| Slightly eaten Swiss Chard | Sometimes you need to trim plants back quite a lot to reveal their beauty, but sometimes you need to take out the plants and start over, from scratch, anew... After spending

from my bellows winds are born i am destruction invisible scars left to fester A couple of months ago (in April to be specific), we had some really bad winds that brought about historic destruction -

It is winter weather, cold winds and drizzling rain now and again. This is the perfect condition for seedlings to pop through the wet ground. And oh my, is there a medley of different seedlings sticking

I am a messy gardener. I cannot abide by the rules that stipulate "plant in neat rows, 5 cm apart..." Most of the time, I just throw the seeds in the ground, or I let the plants self sow and

perpetual return eternal sunshine the green sticking from the ground a carpet of life seeking to transform waste to nutrition nutrition to waste a circle of life growth from the decaying life life from

With the changing seasons, and heading from autumn straight into winter, my garden has seen an explosion of growth. Living in a region of the world where we have growing seasons right through the year,

summer leafy greens; parmesan; lemon zest; burnt onion; olive oil The summer is ending and the winter is approaching. We are in autumn, the liminal space between the seasons. The amaranth in my garden

The garden waits for no one. If you sow the seeds, and if the ground is fertile, and if there is enough water, and if the sun shines, then the plants will grow and wait for no one. This was evident when

It has been two or three weeks since I sowed some seeds into the three flower pots I will be using to grow some herbs in. Since then, I have again been running around, going on an ad hoc road trip, and

I have been missing having some fresh, dark greens from the garden so this week I decided to get some from the grocery store. By the time the snow is flying in January and February, I really miss my garden.