Starshine Organics

As with most plants, there are also a few approaches to growing Moringa. Starshine Organics supplies it in sapling form; the info below is an excerpt from Trees for Life, and deals with how to seed in bags, and then transplant the saplings once they are ready. A link to the original full article will … More How to Grow Moringa

Moringa has four edible components: the pods, or drumsticks, the leaves, the seeds and the roots. The pods are similar to Chinese bean pods and average 12 to 15 inches in length. … More How to Cook Moringa Drumsticks

They say a picture speaks a thousand words; well, here are some pics of the produce our garden is beginning to rain down upon us… Tomato trees ready to share their fruit soon:    Sweet Potatoes – they were yummy!!       Organic Pumpkins don’t need need to be sweetened with sugar – I … More Homesteading Update – January 2016

Quick post to bring you up to speed with the progress on our Homesteading Project – venturing into the video media with this one – hope it will give you a more interactive feel for what we are up to.. Lots of  room for improvement in video / audio quality, but got to start SOMEWHERE!! … More Homesteading Update – Dec 2015

In my previous post, about “hugelkultuurbeds”, we had a look at what they were all about, and we took you through the steps of us constructing our first one, which was back in 2013. This post is a quick pictorial follow up, showing the yields from our second bed (first one was being prepared for next … More "Hugelkultuur" Beds Follow up

Hugelkultuur is probably not a well known concept; we came across it while researching different methods online. Living at the coast, the soil in our garden is very sandy, with no natural humus content. This makes it difficult for anything to thrive. Raised Hugelkultuur Beds The basic concept is that instead of dumping layer upon … More "Hugelkultuur" Beds Project