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It is unusually cold this year... besides the fact that we're more than 2000m above sea level, so it's usually really cold in the Karoo in winter, and incredibly hot in summer... but winter apparently came sooner this year. Anyway... turned my laundry into a 'sick room' this weekend. Found a dove an...

Not sure which of them would go to Europe!?! :shock: We've got Hoop Hoops, Robins, Wild Finches, Woodpeckers, Swallows, Doves, Pigeons, Humming Birds... and those are just the few that I know the names of... :lol: Coming from the city, this is the first time in my life I've seen most of these birds....

Hi Everyone! Thanks so much for all the advice... it's been a hectic year so far with our new, huge property - but so far, so good! As for the 'pear tree' dilemma... well! We finally got hold of a structural engineer who was actually here on holiday and he basically gave us the same advice as the Ol...

Hey :andy: and :dave: ABSOLUTELY AWESOME :cheers: !!! I'm seriously just as excited for you guys... :drunken: and I'm definitely going to order a copy - can't wait to read it :wink: . Going to have to order online since I'm still sitting in the middle of the Karoo, but at least now I'll have somethi...

[/quote]Another tip, shared by one of our octogenarian neighbours is that chopped leaves placed in a trench will provide valuable water for planted veg during drought.[/quote] Hi Contadina Thank you so much for that tip! :cheers: That's awesome to know as we have clay soil that actually cracks when ...

Thanks for the reply MMM! I've been told about a certain poison that you can apparently pour into a trench between the house and the tree... apparently it doesn't kill the tree, but actually makes the rootes 'divert' when they grown new one's in the direction of he poison :shock: ... and then the ro...

Special glass jar that holds a galoon of delicious home brew. :drunken: SA suppliers That was flipping awesomely quick!!! :cheers: Thank you so much for that link... how you got there, I don't know - I've tried googling various things... :lol: , but so far, no luck! YOU'RE A STAR!!! :cheers: Regards...

I know this thread has stagnated for a while, but does anybody know how to... or know of a link to 'split' green bamboo and weave with it? :lol: I've got loads of thin green bamboo growing on my plot and would really to do something with it... I've even got some papyrus growing... any ideas? :wink: ...

[quote="contadino"]Oooh, this one nearly caused an argument in our house. According to Wikipedia, Sharon Fruit is indeed Persimmon. Jack Keller (who has recipes for making wine from pretty much anything except concrete) has a recipe... http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/reques19.asp[/quote] ...

I'm always saying this... 'but please excuse my ignorance' :oops: ! ...but what is a demijohn? ...and if it's something really important in the whole process of making a brew - what can I use instead? Whatever it is, I doubt I'll find it that easily in SA considering that I don't know what it is! :o...

Please excuse my ignorance... but there's so many links and I've searched most of them... :lol: but where are all these lovely 'brew' recipes? I've printed out the most recent recipes on this forum, but please direct me to the other recipes, or send them to me... I'd really appreciate it :wink: , es...

Hi Fee Got this recipe out of an old Readers Digest book - Food from your Garden. [u]CARROT WINE[/u] 2.25kg diced carrots 9oz concentrated white grape juice 1kg sugar 20g citric acid 4l water yeast Simmer diced carrots until tender. When cool, strain the liquor into a bin. Activate the yeast, and ad...

Hey everybody! I've been 'gone' for a while, but I'm back again in full force... and I need all the advice you all can spare! :wink: My husband took on a job in the Middle East for a year so that I can finally move to our 'dream home'! :cheers: It's a little bit sad, but we chat on a daily basis, an...

Hi everyone :cheers: , long time 'no hear', been busy settling into my new life in the country! Here's my dilemma! The new small holding we've just moved to about a month ago, has quiet a big chicken coup - it's about 5m x 10m, divided internally into 4 sections. We haven't had a chance to get any c...

I've been quiet for the past few months because we were busy relocating... we finally moved to a 4000m2 plot in the middle of the Karoo - it's absolutely awesome, but tiring... there's still so much for this city girl to learn!!! :wink: Big problem though... our house is nearly 150 years old - it's ...