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Asparagus – it must be spring!

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Spring has sprung – and so has our asparagus! Let’s face it: spring just isn’t the same without enjoying the fruits of the season. Certain fruits and vegetables have become synonymous with spring – peas, the first strawberries of the season, and of course, asparagus. Referred to by many as the essence of spring, you can now buy wonderfully fresh bunches of this elusive veggie at the OZCF market on Saturdays. And let me tell you, the pale bunches of spears that you can buy throughout Read more [...]
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Come feast on OZCF Broad Beans!

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Come one, come all – soon there will be beautiful green broad beans at the Oranjezicht City Farm’s market! These big green beauties (also known as fava beans) have been steadily reaching maturity in a multitude of staked rows in the city farm, a small, neat army of pale green soldiers standing to attention. Planted in early autumn, they have been nurtured from seed and are now ready to be harvested and enjoyed in a variety of luscious dishes. Imagine if you will, a light salad of briefly Read more [...]
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A Peak into the Past: historical trends of growing your own food

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Most of my friends wouldn’t know where to begin if told to grow their own food. I of course have my horticulture comrades…but those engineers; oceanographers; teachers -- they’re great at their professions and have wonderful skill sets -- growing just isn’t one of them! This is not an isolated example. For generations there have been those with green thumbs and those, well -- without. Growing your own food and gardening has gone in and out of fashion throughout history. Gardens have Read more [...]
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Plan Bee.

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Across the globe urban beekeepers are popping up, more cities is the USA are legalizing the keeping of bees and the Mayor of London has set aside £ 42 000 for urban beekeeping projects. Bees are being kept on top of hotels, museums and opera houses, in back gardens in suburbia and on the roofs of businesses. The rise of urban beekeeping is no coincidence; it is a direct response to the plight of bee colonies in rural areas. In 2006 a mysterious phenomenon started to occur where entire colonies Read more [...]