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Boosting smallholder farmers’ vegetable productivity and income generation in South African...

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes South African marginal areas face significant social and economic challenges, often characterised by poverty, high unemployment, limited access to resources,...

From chef to vegetable farmer: John Viollah’s journey

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Farming has a way of getting under your skin and into your blood. Once it’s there, producing and harvesting become...

Piquanté peppers: Labour-intensive, but worth the taste

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Sweet piquanté peppers originate from Central and South America, and belong to the Solanaceae family of nightshade plants. Botanically, chilli peppers...

Naledi Farm’s guide to organic veggie gardening

It is finally December and with the extra time there is for doing what relaxes you, we have compiled all the articles that Manti...

Don’t be put off: Growing beans this summer is easy

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes What is summer without beans? Don’t be put off if you are a new gardener because this is probably one...

Learning to grow a vegetable garden takes time

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Growing vegetables is not always as easy as planting a few seeds and harvesting your crops a few weeks or...

A new year brings new goals for your vegetable garden

The new year is here and it is time to get the vegetable garden you have always dreamed of. Make this year a more...

The value of marigolds in your vegetable garden

Have you ever considered growing flowers in your vegetable garden? Growing flowers, especially the marigold, in your vegetable garden will make it beautiful and...

Weird and wonderful veggies

Consumers have been spoiled for choice with shelves filled with new weird and wonderful veggies to experiment with. With consumers being more exposed to...

Urban farming: Is it financially and spatially feasible?

The term ‘urban farming’ paints a picture of city dwellers attempting to grow their own food in their backyard vegetable gardens, investing large amounts...