Spring is an ideal time to get your garden back into shape, but reaching for the pruning shears too quickly can do more harm than good. While some plants benefi...
String of pearls is one of those plants that looks too unusual to be real: long, trailing stems covered in small spherical leaves that resemble a beaded necklac...
Summer in the country means longer days, warm evenings and, of course, more time around the fire.
Whether you're hosting a Saturday braai on the stoep in C...
Ticks are more than just an unpleasant nuisance; they can transmit diseases that affect both dogs and humans.
Regular tick prevention and prompt removal ar...
Matching wood tones exactly is not the goal in a well-designed home, and it rarely produces the most interesting result. The kitchen where every timber surface ...
Weevils are small, long-snouted beetles that colonise dry grain products and can establish a significant pantry infestation before most people notice them. They...
Storing towels in the bathroom is the most intuitive approach: the towels are where you use them, you can reach for a fresh one easily, and there is a neat towe...
Food stains are among the most universal of clothing disasters, and their persistence is often directly related to how quickly the response happened and what ap...
Dog food storage gets very little attention compared to the considerable care that most owners give to what they feed their pets. This is an oversight with real...
Negative space is, at first, a confusing idea in interior design because it sounds like nothing. Space implies emptiness, and emptiness implies absence. But neg...
