Garden For a Cause
Garden Day Celebrations Plant for the sake of your neighbours Nurture your garden to nourish others Celebrate your garden on the 20th of October. South Africa’s National Garden Day is about being one with the growing world. While many of the events planned for this day focus on the joy that a beautiful garden holds for you the owner and gardener, there are also a few...Read More
Reinvent Kids Parties
Reinvent Kids Parties Let’s get back to basics.  Lean out and relax Anyone who has spent any amount of time with a child will tell you – you can give them the most elaborate gift, or cook the most amazing meal, plan the most exciting day out…and the average kid will end up playing with the box the gift came in, asking for buttered toast and rooibos tea, and insist...Read More
Updating Your Home With Wallpaper
When you want more than a lick of paint Updating your home with wallpaper instead of paint.  We have all heard the home renovation trope: “Just add a lick of paint” But what if you want more? Or can’t stand the smell of paint? This week we are looking into a classic wall treatment to update any space, without getting hardcore. (There will be no tiling, cladding or...Read More
The Great Gas Debate
Are gas appliances REALLY better than conventional appliances? Now we’re cooking with gas! We have al heard this expression, and it usually means that something has gone right. But is it really so much better to cook and heat and boil (and freeze!) with gas, compared to conventional electricity? Gas home appliances: When we are talking about using gas appliances in...Read More
 Sleep Yourself Happy!
Establish a good sleep routine for the last stretch of this year. The big sleep secret. Sleeping habits differ about as much as eating habits do, and as with eating habits, different doesn’t have to mean wrong. Sleep is an essential part of survival (and thriving) for human beings, but it means something different to all of us. Some people may consider a five-hour...Read More
Have More Herbs Than You Can Handle?
How to Preserve Herbs How to deal with your bumper crop of herbs this spring. Spring threw us a snowy curveball but now were right back in the growing season. Did you maybe over-plant and underestimate your garden’s growing power? Do you now have more bushels of basil than you could ever (even in your wildest Italian dreams) eat? We have solutions: For your...Read More
What is a Seven Colour Sunday?
The only Sunday lunch that matters. The taste of tradition. Most of us grew up in super traditional families. Sundays were for early morning church, followed by grocery shopping and then a traditional Sunday lunch. In most homes that meant meat, rice and potatoes with two types of vegetable…not exactly exciting or inventive, but still a weekly feast we looked...Read More
Landscape With Gravel
Nothing is set in stone (but it could be). Gardening for changing seasons is a tricky thing. Its hard to plan your landscaping and planting calendar around the whims of the weather and just as you think the last frost is over or the rain will come any day now, mother nature throws you a “snow in October” kind of curveball and you have to start your landscaping...Read More
Reviving the Village Square
Architecture is all around. You might think that your home has no real architectural values or elements, but that’s not true. Architecture is the art of connecting humans with the spaces we occupy. It’s not just about construction, it’s about connection and function. A well-designed space invites its occupants to live, work or play freely and supports creative...Read More