More than 35 years ago, I stopped eating flesh because I did not want creatures to be killed to feed me. Since then, I’ve had
Category: Food
Strange tastes indeed
Why do we consider eating snails from our garden and get excited about finding wild mushrooms? Are we remembering a time when we survived by
Fresh and simple life
As much as I enjoy going on an amble, one of the most pleasant things about it is coming home. So we’ve had a lovely
Lemon tree very pretty
My lemon tree, slap bang in the middle of the vegetable garden, is a beautiful sight right now. It’s heavy with fruit and full of
When the wind blows
When life deals you lemons, the saying goes, make lemonade. In the Eastern Cape, we have our own version: when it’s windy, fly a kite.
Hot and hotter
On weekends, V likes to get busy in the kitchen. It’s his “down-time”, he says. He picks whatever chillis he can find in the garden