Container or garden bed? Where should you plant your veggies? Happy Wednesday, guys! Here's a question I get quite often: “Tash, should I plant this in a pot… or should it go into the garden?” And the answer is — it depends on what you're growing. I LOVE containers....
September always gets me excited. You walk outside, the days are getting a little longer, there’s new growth everywhere and suddenly you want to plant everything. But before you rush off to the nursery and come home with a boot full of seedlings — go and have a look...
Small space, big harvests… even in winter
May in the garden is a shift. The air cools, the soil stays wetter for longer, and growth slows down—but if you get your containers right now, winter can be one of the most rewarding seasons to grow. Whether you’re gardening in the rainy Western Cape, the frosty Highveld, or even colder climates elsewhere, containers give you something incredibly valuable this time of year: control. You can move them out of the rain, into the sun, and protect them from cold snaps, creating a small but powerful growing environment right at home.
Worms and Raised Beds: Should You Add Them Manually or Let Nature Decide? When we built our first raised bed, I was so excited to get things going that I considered ordering a batch of composting worms online. It seemed like the ultimate shortcut to soil health,...
