The shift away from white and pale grey kitchens has been building for several seasons, and what has replaced it is a family of colours that share a common qual...
Winter, which runs from June through August across most of South Africa, is genuinely one of the best growing seasons for a wide range of vegetables. Leafy gree...
Fungal diseases are among the most common and frustrating problems in the South African garden, and commercial fungicides are not always the preferred solution,...
Retro style is one of those aesthetic categories that everyone recognises but fewer people can define precisely. Is it midcentury modern? The 1970s? Art deco? T...
The garden in winter looks, to many eyes, like it needs attending to. Dead annuals, spent perennial foliage, seed heads that have passed their ornamental peak, ...
July sits at the deepest point of the South African winter. Growth has slowed or stopped across most species, frost remains a real risk on the Highveld through ...
It turns out that sharing your home with a dog or cat could mean sharing far more than companionship. Emerging research suggests that people and their pets may ...
The cottage garden aesthetic is built on a particular kind of abundance: plants growing into and around each other, layers of colour and texture, the general im...
A gravel driveway without proper edging is a slow migration. Every vehicle that turns onto it, every downpour that runs across it, pushes gravel a little furthe...
The moment a faucet starts dripping, most people go straight to searching for a plumber. In many cases, they don't need to. Faucet repairs are among the more ac...
