Whisker Flowers
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Whisker Flowers is a blog about sustainable kitchen vegetable gardening in South Africa featuring a comprehensive library & how-to guides. Enjoy regular posts on how to grow vegetables, fruits, and herbs and several article series of vegetable profiles, biological control via insects, chicken keeping, home composting, and whatever else the author finds interesting.
Whisker Flowers
9M ago
Bay stats/requirements at a glance Ease of Raising: 5/5 – Very Easy, plant and leave Water: 4/5 – Daily Sun: 5/5 – Full sun Training: 1/5 – Minimal (3Ds: Dead, damaged and diseased) Fertilise/Feeding: 1/5 – Minimal (at least during the growing season) Time to Harvest: 1/5 – Immediate, yet slow growing Frost Hardiness: 1/4 ..read more
Whisker Flowers
9M ago
Potato stats/requirements at a glance Ease of Raising: 5/5 – Very easy, plant & leave Water: 3/5 – Moderate, every second day Sun: 3/5 – Full sun, can grow in shade Training: 2/5 – Needs some (spindly branches) Fertilise/Feeding: 3/5 – Moderate (monthly) Time to Harvest: 3/5 – Moderate (small potatoes at 2 months and ..read more
Whisker Flowers
9M ago
Dear Readers After more than a decade (10 years wow!) of free food gardening posts for South Africa I have come to the end of this blog’s journey. I have successfully saved my old blogger blog Roots and Shoots by migrating to Whisker Flowers on WordPress after Google started culling its traffic. Now I am ..read more
Whisker Flowers
9M ago
Butterflies at a glance Occupation: Pollinators & Pests Value to Gardener: 2/5 – Mostly pest species, specialist pollinators Danger to Humans: 1/5 – Harmless Availability: 5/5 – They’ll arrive Quick Intro Most of us find great joy in watching one of these little fluttering beauties pass us by on their way to some sweet coloured ..read more
Whisker Flowers
9M ago
Curry Tree stats/requirements at a glance Ease of Raising: 5/5 – Very Easy, plant and leave Water: 4/5 – Daily Sun: 4-5/5 – Partial Shade to Full sun Training: 1/5 – Minimal (3Ds: Dead, damaged and diseased) Fertilise/Feeding: 1/5 – Minimal (at least during the growing season) Time to Harvest: 1/5 – Immediate, yet slow ..read more
Whisker Flowers
9M ago
Lemon Grass stats/requirements at a glance Ease of Raising: 5/5 – Very Easy, plant and leave Water: 4/5 – Daily Sun: 5/5 – Full sun Training: 1/5 – Minimal (3Ds: Dead, damaged and diseased) Fertilise/Feeding: 1/5 – Minimal (at least during the growing season) Time to Harvest: 2/5 – Soon, 1-2 months after propagation Frost ..read more
Whisker Flowers
9M ago
Thyme stats/requirements at a glance Ease of Raising: 5/5 – Very Easy, plant and leave Water: 1/5 – Minimal, weekly (especially in a container) Sun: 5/5 – Full sun Training: 1/5 – Minimal (3Ds: Dead, damaged and diseased) Fertilise/Feeding: 1/5 – Minimal (at least during the growing season) Time to Harvest: 1/5 – Immediate (purchased ..read more
Whisker Flowers
9M ago
Introduction It is that time of year again! I have 8 seasons worth (i.e., 8 years) of rainfall data for our analytic scrutinization LOL! The rainfall season for this season and last season has been an immense improvement on our drought years… so lets take a closer look at the numbers, shall we? The Data ..read more
Whisker Flowers
9M ago
Common Beans stats/requirements at a glance Ease of Raising: 2/5 – Biweekly check-ups Water: 2/5 – Twice a week Sun: 4/5 – Full sun, shade tolerant Training: 3/5 – Some, support with stakes Fertilise/Feeding: 3/5 – Monthly, half strength liquid fertiliser Time to Harvest: 3/5 – Moderate, 2-3 months Frost Hardiness: 2/4 – Tender, can’t ..read more