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Plant Abundance – Page 2 – life with food
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A Letter with Tea. December 28, 2015. Sure, I inherited the ‘Christmas Letter’ tradition from my mom, but it soon evolved (due to my complete disenchantment with the Christmas chaos) into an ‘end of the year affair’. Now, even the end of the year seems an artificial construct, passing by unnoticed by large chunks of the world’s inhabitants. Where on earth had that letter been all this time? It didn’t matter to either of these friends that the ‘news’ came so late. The ritual of sitting down with a tra...
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Sweet Potatoes and Soweto Pepsi – Plant Abundance
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Sweet Potatoes and Soweto Pepsi. May 12, 2015. May 12, 2015. 8220;This mining thing – its like someone giving you a plate of food. You eat all the food and then you have to give the plate back,”. Our taxi driver, Chris, explains earnestly. 8220;It will be a short time of mining, some people will get money and then we will be left with nothing.”. Sure, some parts are degraded and overgrazed, but so many ecosystems are intact, and the species richness is exceptionally special. Soon after we had set off, we...
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Plants of Pondoland – Plant Abundance
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June 13, 2012. May 9, 2015. Wandering about for a week admiring plants, rocks, birds and the moon is my idea of heaven. When the wandering takes place in the Pondoland Centre of Endemism accompanied by bio-cultural diversity enthusiast Sinegugu Zukulu, it is as close to paradise as I can get. Last week, a group of wildish women gathered beneath the incongruous neon lights of the Wildcoast Casino to walk along the coast to Port St Johns. Gnidia splendens and Polygala myrtifolia. We came across lots of Imb...
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May 2015 – Plant Abundance
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Sweet Potatoes and Soweto Pepsi. May 12, 2015. May 12, 2015. 8220;This mining thing – its like someone giving you a plate of food. You eat all the food and then you have to give the plate back,”. Our taxi driver, Chris, explains earnestly. 8220;It will be a short time of mining, some people will get money and then we will be left with nothing.”. Sure, some parts are degraded and overgrazed, but so many ecosystems are intact, and the species richness is exceptionally special. Soon after we had set off, we...
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ukutya namanzi – Plant Abundance
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June 16, 2012. May 9, 2015. My day pack crammed with dried tomatoes, fruit and nuts for me to nibble on and lots of dog treats to share with canine friends, I set off for a week long adventure along the Wildcoast. I also took along bean seeds from my garden which I hoped to share with gardeners along the way. Is the Xhosa word for food, a. We stopped for a picnic lunch of tomatoes, veggie sausages, rice salad and boiled eggs somewhere between Port Edward and Mtentu on the first day. Tea was often pretty ...
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A Feast of Colour – Plant Abundance
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A Feast of Colour. June 23, 2012. May 9, 2015. One shouldn’t really describe non-edible things as delicious or yummy . I do feel though, that some experiences and colours really are succulent and tasty even though they aren’t eaten. The ‘feast’ along the wildcoast was one such experience, and besides, this is supposedly a food blog, so I need some tenuous links at least. The aloes were orange. The sea was blue, the sky was blue, it was very blue. The rocks were generally white, but. Shell middens and the...