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Regenerate a Nation with Soil Aggregation
Aloe arborescens or candelabra aloe
Disa uniflora, the red orchid of the mountains
3 Protea cynaroides or King Protea designs
Gladiolus carinatus or blou kalkoentjie
Geissorhiza radians or wine cups
astral Asteraceae or spring daisies
Serruria florida or blushing bride
Zantedeschia aethiopica, also known as arum or Calla lily
African animals and conservation
Fruitful Forests Nursery Catalaog
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DIY Grey Water Wetland: Build a permaculture inspired, drought tolerant, kitchen water filtering, raised bed vegetable garden.
How to start a profitable worm business on a shoestring budget: Affordable ways to make money with earthworms.
Wildlife gardening and wild foods
wild life food forest gardening
How snails move. Snail shell formation, snail behavior, benefits of snails,
a visit to the Cape Flats Nature Reserve
the beauty of nature on the Cape's west coast
Beginner's workshop on growing South African plants
health
healthy living based on your garden, ancestral lifestyles and the 6 pillars of health
old fashioned stress management: a calm slow life
healing insomnia and avoiding toxic radiation
healthy food, microbiome and toxin avoidance
Building a natural carbon sequestration machine step by step
the different parts of the machine, an introduction
step one, starting a basic food forest. The trees
growing organic vegetables
easy vegetable gardening with 12 easiest vegetables to grow
vegetable gardening page with all the links to growing vegetables
the easiest vegetables to grow
growing jalapeno peppers from kitchen caste offs
the amazingly diverse nightshade plants
carob tree, the chocolate bean of the desert
more articles
giving your vegetable garden planner more depth
using propagation tubes to optimize space
collecting vegetable garden seed in Permaculture
Seed saving combined with making fruit vinegar
salt ferments for preserving produce
small kitchen garden productivity
growing other useful plants
growing oyster mushrooms on logs
experimenting with mushroom culture
growing mushrooms outside in garden
herbs
Garlic, the Queen of health herbs
water
saving water from the various water streams in an urban home
gray water
workshop on gray water system basics
recycling grey water in wicking bed biofilter
Make grey water biofilter friendly liquid potassium soap for laundry and dishes
pond systems
saving household water and using pond
the garden pond as productive ecosystem
pond building, a cement water reservoir
pond building albm one, concrete shell
pond building album two, inserting liner
pond building album three, plumbing
waterwise gardening
water-wise gardening practice, introduction and preparation
Mediterranean climate gardening and locally appropriate planting
water wise planting for any dry zone
how to water correctly to use less
how to plant a dry garden: soil and positioning
the opposite of water wisdom through history, climate change, deforestation and water
Beneficial insects and snails, plant diseases and pests
How to make an insect garden ?
nail those snails nature's way
what to do about a range of garden insects
the fruit fly life cycle and fly control
organic fruit fly control with baits, traps and poisons
fruit fly control: sanitize and select
fruit fly control by exclusion
biological pest control and biodiversity
organic fruit fly control with baits, traps and poisons
how to stop birds scratching out your seedlings
fertility
saving your soil from destruction
The benefits of healthy soil and regenerative practice
six principles for creating living soil
maximizing composting space with a pentagonal composter
highly effective organic fertilizers from permaculture
green manure or cover crops improve garden soil
hot composting, nutrients and pathogens
hot aerobic composting made so much easier
garden fertilizer: traditional and mixed cold composting
different kinds of anaerobic digester
making compost, the ultimate organic garden fertilizer
nutrients, pathogens and hot composting
organic liquid green fertilizer from water and weeds
worms, one of the best methods for processing organics
planters and beds
'bird's nest'raised bed for asparagus
vegetable bed preparation hacks inspired by permaculture
bed preparation hacks album with waterwise sunken beds
garden resources
earth love hypergreen products
garden tools
gardeners tools for difficult cuttings
green garden supplies: Fynbos and Worm products
learning
gardening businesses
a successful gardening micro-enterprise
gardening philosophies
Some different types of natural gardening
permaculture ideas
the 12 principles of permaculture
the permaculture expert Karen Parkin
articles on companion planting permaculture workshop
Yeomans keyline principles modeled in sand
my easy method
comparing chemical, biodynamic, and permaculture farming, in defense of permaculture
wild plants
Gymnosporia buxifolia the perfect hedge
Grewia occidentalis the best hedge plant
experimenting with growing native trees
indigenous wild berries and edible seeds
food from the wild and safety
foraging in the Fynbos for greens
South African foraging heritage
lawn design with wild flower meadows and tapestry lawns
design
nursery design and plant propagation
garden paths and garden paving
start a tiny forest, your own pocket forest ecosystem project
Akira Miyawaki's method of rapid nature modeled aforestation
Shubhendu Sharma's afforestation method with mathematical precision
ecological garden fences and walls
backyard garden project in stages
stage 2 making a garden planting plan
stage 3 planting aloes in the raised bed
stage 4 planting out the second aloe pot
stage 5 laying a simple path and planting for shade
stage 6 bed preparation and lay another garden path
stage 7 planting the henhouse garden with succulents
stage 8, some finishing up, how to plant garden in hurry
other design articles
a tour de force of historically sensitive local landscaping
the radical grey walls approach
decorative plants
Goodwood Gardens: a prize winning succulent garden
flower garden tip 2: fun finding flower garden ideas
flower garden tip 1 - plant your flowers in containers
colours
seasonal colour in the flower garden linking page
red and orange flowers in July
pink flowering garden in the late summer drought
blue flowers in the rainy season
blue flowers in the flower garden
beyond gardening
green ideas beyond gardening linking page
green theories
green home
home made natural cosmetics and biodegradable cleaning products
eco cities
the brave new citizen based city planning
green space
protesting the loss of Goodwood's street trees
one green dream, the biggest people's park on earth
urban farmer's and permaculture experts in Tableview
waste
consumer education Zero Waste purchasing guidelines
traditional door to door recycling service
waste on a mega scale, the story of Wasteplan
small scale domestic recycling businesses that collect
Commercial and large scale waste management services
eco friendly household products
Nobin Prize April 2016 awarded to British Website:
Nobin Prize March 2016 awarded to worm farmer
renewable materials
Rehabilitation Projects
urban rehabilitation and agroforestry
urban sanitation to rehabilitation project
vegetable seed saving workshop
touring four Cape Town food gardens
volunteering opportunities in Cape Town
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