Jason is the compost king There is one thing Jason is super proud of on the farm, his compost. And he has every right to be proud, after doing some…
Birdie, the first mama hen of spring
There is nothing that symbolizes spring quite like a brood of baby chicks running around with mama hen. Sometime in July, with frost still covering the ground every morning, and…
In Celebration of the Winter Carrot
Does anyone know a drug rehab program for those addicted to a root vegetable, because I am currently obsessed with carrots. No really, well and truly obsessed. I have a…
Nonsense Carrot Cake
Get the tea cups out, I’ve got the perfect carrot cake Spring is on the way and these mini tea party carrot cakes are the perfect treat for your tea…
Caramelized Brown Sugar Carrots
My love affair with carrots Winter is a time when fresh seasonal produce is a bit more limited. Fresh greens: cabbage, spinach, and kale all abound. But if we are…
A Exciting Beginning for Chickadee Acres Farm
Closing Sweet Tea and Chickadee At the end of June 2024, I closed my restaurant in Linden to move operations to the farm. Up until that point I had been…
Evergrow – A Seedling Supply Company in Soweto, Gauteng
Evergrow Soweto is a seedling supply company changing people’s lives one farmer at a time
Jolly Good Farm–An Urban Veggie Farm in Randburg, Gauteng
Where did it all begin? I have to give credit where it is due…much of what I aspire to do on our farm and in our market garden is based…
Dreaming Up a Market Garden
It takes some real creativity and a lot of faith to stare at an empty spot of land and imagine it to be a bursting market garden. This is a…
Brown Sugar…by any other name…
Does your recipe call for brown sugar? Be careful! Brown sugar here in South Africa is very different to brown sugar in America. When you travel the world as a…