Grow to Eat

Grow to Eat is the definitive seasonal guide to edible gardening in South Africa, brought to you by your favourite gardening magazine, The Gardener. A practical, non-nonsense guide, Grow to Eat is filled with growing, harvesting and cooking tips for seasonal fruit, vegetable and herbs.

The blooming joys of spring!

A PROJECT that gives back

Your friendly neighbourhood FARM

Success with Strawberries • Dale Grobler grows strawberries that taste out of this world. Here’s how he does it.

Paul’s tips for growing strawberries • This season, Paul Vonk from MayFord Seeds gives us some tips on growing strawberries from seed:

10 ways to preserve strawberries

Sprout your chia seeds • The traditional way of sprouting doesn’t work well for chia seeds. Here’s an easy alternative way to get them sprouting.

Dip into plant dyes

Why vegetables are so important in our diets

Sustainability, THE BUZZ WORD

Grow good garlic! • The price of garlic soared while the pandemic raged and garlic became quite scarce at times, but it is actually a very easy crop to grow at home.

Magical Melons

Riaan’s tips of growing sweet melons

Back to our roots with sorghum • Sorghum has been eaten for millennia in Africa, but for many of us it’s unfamiliar on the table and in the garden.

The Spring Harvest

Growing nasturtiums

KATHY’S TIPS • Kathy Varney is from Ball Straathof and Kirchhoffs and was recently inducted into the South African Nursery Association (SANA) as president.

Warm and spicy • Closely related to ginger and turmeric, galangal is the up-and-coming spice you need to know about.

Mysterious Quince • The quince is something most of us have heard about but can’t really picture, let alone imagine the flavour of.

Create your own espalier • An espaliered tree adds a touch of exotic class to a courtyard or garden, where it is sure to be a real head-turner.

The gift that keeps on giving • The benefits of perennial vegetables are many, and there are very few drawbacks.

GROWING COFFEE AT HOME

LIGHT UP YOUR INDOOR PLANT SPACE

What to do in September

What to do in October

What to do in November

SPACE YOUR SEEDS • This little planting spacer take 15 minutes to make and saves time whenever you’re sowing seeds.

MAKE WATERING EASIER • This 5-minute DIY makes watering much more efficient, getting water down to where it’s needed.

Herb mixtures for aspiring chefs