Eat for the Earth

May 16, 2012  |  Uncategorized  |  No Comments

Join us and Eat for the Earth!

Eat For The Earth is a Yuppiechef  initiative inviting anyone and everyone to host a meal for family, friends or colleagues on World Environment Day – the biggest and most widely celebrated global day for positive environmental action – in support of Soil for Life.

And it is so simple because anyone, anywhere in the whole world can take part and all you have to do is eat delicious food, have fun and potentially win some lovely prizes.

To take part you (or your work) need to host a lunch or dinner, invite your friends, family, colleagues, pets etc,and kindly ask them to each to donate as much as they feel comfortable to Soil for Life.   Just register your dinner on the Eat for the Earth website and any donations can be made through the website.

For more information about Eat for the Earth and the amazing prizes up for grabs go to www.eatfortheearth.com  or go to the Eat for the Earth facebook page.

If 5 June is inconvenient for you, choose another day in that week or the weekend before or after.

What could be better, I ask you, than eating delicious, wholesome food with people you care about whilst assisting Soil for Life to make sure others can do the same?

Thank you so much for your support!

WE'RE GIVING YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD

Help us raise R100 000 to change the lives of 50 other men and women. Please sponsor one of them to take part in our programme by donating, in part or full, R2 000. That's just R167 per month. For more information please call us on 021-794 4982

YES, you can make a difference! Every Rand counts.

Up and coming Workshops

March 27, 2012  |  Events, News  |  No Comments

Learn more about growing, protecting and enhancing an organic vegetable garden by attending one Soil for Life’s fascinating, hand-on workshops run by Soil for Life’s in-house oracle of wisdom, Pat Featherstone.  Up and coming workshops over the next few months include:

Grow to Live Weekend Food Gardening Workshop – 14 & 15 April 2012.

Join author of Grow to Live, Pat Featherstone, on a comprehensive hands-on workshop where you learn to grow food naturally, working with the rhythm of the seasons and the biodiversity that exists in your garden. For further information click here.

Healing Herbs Workshop – Part 1 on Saturday, 26 May and Part 2 on Saturday, 2 June
Learn about the weird and wonderful properties of various herbs and how to propagate, grow and use them. For further information click here.

Composting Workshop22 June 2012

Learn how to make beautiful, rich, organic compost to feed your soil and organic vegetables with.  For further information click here.

Composting with worms - 29 June 2012

Learn about the incredible composting abilities of worms and how to produce your very own vermicompost. For further information click here.

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February 9, 2012  |   |  No Comments

Soil for Life Shop

February 6, 2012  |   |  No Comments

Vegetables:

Item/ProductPrice Availability
Cucumbers (old fashioned juicy)R10/kgyes
Morog/Amaranth (very nutritious green leaves)R7 per bunchYes
Spring onionsR7 per bunchYes
TomatoesR8/kgYes
Heirloom KaleR7 per bunchYes
PumpkinsR6.50/kgYes
Gem SquashR10/kgYes
Baby marrowsR10/kgYes
BananasR10/kgYes
Green beansR20/kgYes
ChilliR30/kgYes
Green pepperR15/kgYes

 

Herb Plants:

Item/ProductPrice Availability
BasilR15 per plantYes
OreganoR15 per plantYes
MarjoramR15 per plantYes
ThymeR15 per plantYes
RosemaryR15 per plantYes
LavenderR15 per plantYes
SageR15 per plantYes

 

Open pollinated, non-hybrid seeds:

Item/ProductPrice Availability
LEAF CROPS:
CabbageR6 per packetYes
CauliflowerR6 per packetYes
CorianderR6 per packetYes
Lettuce (head)R6 per packetYes
Parsley R6 per packetYes
SpinachR6 per packetYes
ROOT CROPS:
BeetrootR6 per packetYes
CarrotR6 per packetYes
LeekR6 per packetYes
OnionR6 per packetYes
RadishR6 per packetYes
Spring OnionR6 per packetYes
TurnipR6 per packetYes
FRUIT CROPS:
BrinjalR6 per packetYes
ChilliR6 per packetYes
CucumberR6 per packetYes
Gem SquashR6 per packetYes
MarrowR6 per packetYes
Melon (Sweet)/SpaanspekR6 per packetYes
Pumpkin (potluck)R6 per packetYes
SunflowerR6 per packetYes
LEGUMES:
Bush beansR6 per packetYes
Climbing beansR6 per packetYes
PeasR6 per packetYes

 

Special Seed Selection:

Item/ProductPriceAvailability
Hokaido PumpkinR20 per packetYes
Morog (Amaranth)R20 per packetYes
Black MaizeR20 per packetYes

 

Other Products:

Item/ProductPriceAvailability
Soil Enhancer (Compost) R25 per bagYes
Planter Boxesn/aYes
Worm Farmsn/aYes
Tyre Plantersn/aYes


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘GROW TO LIVE’ Workshop Dates for 2012

February 6, 2012  |  Events  |  No Comments

Come and learn how to grow your own organic veggie’s in 2012.
Dates for the Grow to Live workshops are as follows:

Month Dates (Sat & Sun)
FEBRUARY      11 & 12
MARCH      17 & 18
APRIL      14 & 15
MAY      12 & 13
JUNE      16 & 17
JULY      14 & 15
AUGUST      11 & 12
SEPTEMBER      15 & 16
OCTOBER      13 & 14
NOVEMBER      10 & 11
DECEMBER        8 & 9

more info on this workshop.