

Growing your own fresh vegetables should not be a daunting task at all. And no, you do not need an abundance of space There are so many interesting and creative vegetable gardening ideas available. With a little planning, patience and tender love and care you can create a fortress of nutrition. Tending a vegetable garden is a fun and interesting project for both adults and children alike. Homegrown fresh vegetables not only make our meals healthier but impact our environment for the better. With the colourful varieties available, fresh vegetables add nutritious spunk to our plates. There is absolutely nothing that compares to the joy of the freshness and crisp taste added to your daily diet. Not to mention the cost saving. Have you ever heard the older generation compare the taste of the “then and now” fresh veggies? I remember growing up and feasting on home grown tomatoes. Nothing beats the scent and taste. Vegetables are just so much more nutritious if eaten soon after being picked. One of the benefits of constantly having healthy and tasty vegetables coming out of the garden is that we tend to eat them. Now imagine how easily one will get the little ones involved and feasting on fresh veggies! Tending your garden promotes an active lifestyle. Seeing your vegetable garden come to fruition elevates one’s serotonin levels and can relieve stress. Imagine sipping a well-deserved cup of tea while taking in the fruit of your labour?
Baby Marrow - Caserta Squash - Cucurbita Pepo - 30 Seeds
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A member of the squash family with its roots in the Americas. Popularly known as Zucchini it is a rather easy to grow squash. The fruits are dark green in colour and will grow to a considerable size if left to grow. |
Queensland Blue Pumpkin - ORGANIC - Heirloom Vegetable - 5 Seeds
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This very popular pumpkin has medium to large fruit weighing 3-5 Kg with smooth, dark grey coloured, very hard, and strongly ribbed skin with rich, deep orange, sweet flesh. It grows on strong productive vines. The fruit are excellent keepers and will last 6 months if picked and stored properly. Matures in about 100 days. Queensland Blue is one of the larger pumpkins, and an old favourite with green, turning grey creamed fruit and a deep orange flesh. It is a good long keeping variety. Seeds per pack - 5 Seeds Country of Origin - Proudly produced in South Africa by Sandveld Organics Certified Organic by - Ecocert SA About the producer - Seeds for Africa and Sandveld Organics have entered into an exclusive strategic partnership to offer a large range of South African grown certified organic seeds. Sandveld Organics are an organic farm in Lamberts Bay on the Cape West Coast. Founded in 1998 Sandveld Organics are certified organic by Ecocert SA and have achieved and maintained organic certification since 1998. Sandveld Organics are the ONLY South African company growing certified organic seed. |
Rolet Gem Squash - Cucurbita Pepo - 40 Seeds
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A South African favourite with tasty cricket ball sized fruits in autumn. Easily grown like you would courgettes. A hardy perennial grown as an annual to a height of 60-80cm and needing 1m of space top spread. Exquisite yellow flesh. |
Bennings Green Tinted Patty Pan Squash - Cucurbita Pepo - Heirloom Vegetable - 5 Seeds
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Easy-to-grow heirloom patty-pan type scalloped squash, with a pale green colour that matures to a creamy white. Bushy plants provide excellent yields of saucer shaped fruits with scalloped edges. Harvest when fruit is 2-3" for best quality. |
Chicago Warted / Green Hubbard Squash - Cucurbita Maxima - 5 Seeds
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100 Days. This is the original strain of the high quality Hubbard squash. Although smaller than the New England strain, it still produces the classic Hubbard shaped fruit and measures 12 in. long by 7 in. in diameter. The 7-10 lb. fruit will have a green rind and a sweet, fine textured orange flesh. |
Butternut Squash - Cucurbita Moschata - 15 Seeds
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This is a sweeter squash, used much like a pumpkin or sweet potato. It is great roasted either in its skins or pealed. Try it the South African way with a dash of sugar and cinnamon. |
Autumn Frost Squash - Heirloom Vegetable - 5 Seeds
Regular price R25.00 Save Liquid error (product-template line 117): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Uniquely ribbed, round fruit ripens to dark tan with a frosted overlay. Fruit is similar in taste to a butternut squash, with superior quality, rich flavour and a shelf life of up to 4 months after maturity, allowing for a supply of high-quality fruit throughout the winter season. Fruit can be prepared like a winter squash; cut lengthwise or cut the top 5 cm off, scoop seeds out and roast; perfect for stuffing. Best grown in-ground.
Golden Hubbard Squash - Heirloom Vegetable - Cucurbita maxima - 5 Seeds
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This squash was introduced in the 1898 by D.M. Ferry and is still around because of its thick and tasty orange flesh. Bright orange, 4kg, tear-dropped shaped squash are born on vigorous vines. |
Queensland Blue Pumpkin - Vegetable - Cucurbita Maxima - 5 Seeds
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This very popular pumpkin has medium to large fruit weighing 3-5 Kg with smooth, dark grey coloured, very hard, and strongly ribbed skin with rich, deep orange, sweet flesh. It grows on strong productive vines. The fruit are excellent keepers and will last 6 months if picked and stored properly. Matures in about 100 days. Queensland Blue is one of the larger pumpkins, and an old favourite with green, turning grey creamed fruit and a deep orange flesh. It is a good long keeping variety. |
Early Crookneck Squash - Heirloom Squash /Zucchini Vegetable - 20 Seeds
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Meaty fruits with small crooknecks have bright yellow, bumpy skin. Delicious flavour and fine texture. Good for freezing. Best picked early and will keep harvesting. |
Itala African Gourd / Squash - ORGANIC - Heirloom Vegetable - 5 Seeds
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Vigorously climbing plant of African origin with squashes / gourds that are edible when harvested young. Seeds per pack - 5 Seeds Country of Origin - Proudly produced in South Africa by Sandveld Organics Certified Organic by - Ecocert SA About the producer - Seeds for Africa and Sandveld Organics have entered into an exclusive strategic partnership to offer a large range of South African grown certified organic seeds. Sandveld Organics are an organic farm in Lamberts Bay on the Cape West Coast. Founded in 1998 Sandveld Organics are certified organic by Ecocert SA and have achieved and maintained organic certification since 1998. Sandveld Organics are the ONLY South African company growing certified organic seed. |
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