Many innovative water conservation methods have emerged and are being practiced all over the globe — some have been practiced for centuries and others are much newer, however each require different types of resources. Most of these methods provide additional benefits...
WHAT IS COMPANION PLANTING? It takes more than good soil, sun, and nutrients to ensure success in a garden. Time-honoured gardening wisdom says that certain plants, when grown together, improve each other’s health and yields. For instance, some plants attract...
Spekboom improves the quality of the air we breathe and helps fight climate change by absorbing carbon from the atmosphere and turning into plant matter. One mature Spekboom can process 4-8kg of carbon dioxide per year, making it 100 times more effective than one pine...
By 2050, the world will need to find enough food to feed 10 billion people. That’s a lot of mouths to feed, and some estimates suggest that food production will have to increase by 70% in order to meet demand. Currently, one in nine people in the world do not have...
Agapanthus plants are generally resistant to most pests and diseases. So resistant, in fact, that if you search the scientific literature for common pathogens that infect them, you mostly find articles relating to their production of antifungal chemicals. In their...
