RE: GARDENING - Raising another Raised bed! Expanding the Veggie Garden! Another little harvest!
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I'm amazed how your garden seems to have gone from a patch of bare earth to what it is now in just a couple of months. You've even got some grass and weeds on the path - perfect for composting (or rotting down in a black sack if they're weeds that'll re-establish themselves after being pulled up). Good work !
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So I have a whole lot of Common Parslane growing on the footpath. One of our South African locals (@fermentedphil) pointed out to me that this indigenous weed is edible!
From then on, I have stopped weeding this one out. I still pluck out other things I know as weeds. But when some paslane pops up in between my other plants, I don't view it in a negative light.
A lot of my pots with my home made compost and garden soil mix (unsurprisingly) popped up with a bunch of parslane and I am just letting them grow. I am waiting for the chutney recipe so I can try THAT out!
A lot of weeds are actually beneficial for the ground. Common dandelions apparently restore nutrients to the topsoil with its deep taproot, and clover and similar plants are nitrogen fixing plants! Neat stuff if kept in balance.
Sad that purslane only grows in the summer because apparently it makes a tamatie bredie or any stew 100 times better. I don’t know about you but I prefer a stew or bredie in the winter!
I will post that chutney recipe tonight! Keep an eye out for it or I will tag you!
Feel free to tag! Hahaha!
I have been keeping the clovers going in between the tomato plants. Its not something I pull out!
There we go! It is amazing to see how nature helps herself out! We thought we were the clever ones, but I like the Afrikaans saying: "jy is dom van slimgeid". haha We humans are so stupid because of our own smartness.
Jy kan maar Afrikaans gooi nes jy wil. Ek is n Ludick 😉. My pa se naam is Johan. 🤣🤣🤣
Daarsy, ek wou sê dit klink Afrikaans haha!