Comments on: If you’ve wondered why EcoStreet now has a more African feel http://www.ecostreet.com/blog/uncategorised/2009/06/15/if-youve-wondered-why-ecostreet-now-has-a-more-african-feel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=if-youve-wondered-why-ecostreet-now-has-a-more-african-feel Going green doesn't have to be complicated Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:07:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Teresa Schultz http://www.ecostreet.com/blog/uncategorised/2009/06/15/if-youve-wondered-why-ecostreet-now-has-a-more-african-feel/comment-page-1/#comment-69358 Teresa Schultz Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:39:42 +0000 http://www.ecostreet.com/blog/?p=2748#comment-69358 Well done on returning to South Africa when so many are leaving. I love South Africa. Good luck with the garden and your green endevours. .-= Teresa Schultz´s last blog ..<a href="http://1pic4twenty.co.za/wordpress/?p=1804" rel="nofollow">Signs and traffic on the N2 near Hemingways</a> =-. Well done on returning to South Africa when so many are leaving. I love South Africa. Good luck with the garden and your green endevours.
.-= Teresa Schultz´s last blog ..Signs and traffic on the N2 near Hemingways =-.

]]> By: Tracy Stokes http://www.ecostreet.com/blog/uncategorised/2009/06/15/if-youve-wondered-why-ecostreet-now-has-a-more-african-feel/comment-page-1/#comment-69247 Tracy Stokes Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:46:16 +0000 http://www.ecostreet.com/blog/?p=2748#comment-69247 All good Haroun, thanks muchly! All good Haroun, thanks muchly!

]]> By: Haroun Kola http://www.ecostreet.com/blog/uncategorised/2009/06/15/if-youve-wondered-why-ecostreet-now-has-a-more-african-feel/comment-page-1/#comment-69241 Haroun Kola Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:32:34 +0000 http://www.ecostreet.com/blog/?p=2748#comment-69241 Its great to have you here. I've hooked up to your work, let me know if its good karma? :) Its great to have you here.
I’ve hooked up to your work, let me know if its good karma?
:)

]]> By: colin syme http://www.ecostreet.com/blog/uncategorised/2009/06/15/if-youve-wondered-why-ecostreet-now-has-a-more-african-feel/comment-page-1/#comment-69213 colin syme Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:41:35 +0000 http://www.ecostreet.com/blog/?p=2748#comment-69213 Hi again, For something like "Teas n Crafts" all you need is premises,( church hall) it's always a good idea to involve an charity element after all they will benefit by receiving 10% of the proceeds. Each member is alocated a number which is stuck on each item for sale, numbers are then recorded at point of sale and the exibiter paid at the end of the month,--easy peasy. There should be a good "Mix" of products,eg. fresh produce and bakery products sell better than hand-knitting, though profits higher in the latter. Why would l recommend this? because during a ressesion people will always look for a side-line that will make an extra buck, encourages small growers/and arty-farty people to exibit their wares, and, the public will always look for bargains, fresh home-grown produce. Two years? well not quite, we had a dozen laying hens and they occupied the plot for the first year,---surprising how much damage hens can do to weeds! then we grew two crops of potatos, there is nothing better that potatos to clear a dirty plot as the green canopy suppresses weed growth. Hi again, For something like “Teas n Crafts” all you need is premises,( church hall) it’s always a good idea to involve an charity element after all they will benefit by receiving 10% of the proceeds.

Each member is alocated a number which is stuck on each item for sale, numbers are then recorded at point of sale and the exibiter paid at the end of the month,–easy peasy. There should be a good “Mix” of products,eg. fresh produce and bakery products sell better than hand-knitting, though profits higher in the latter.
Why would l recommend this? because during a ressesion people will always look for a side-line that will make an extra buck, encourages small growers/and arty-farty people to exibit their wares, and, the public will always look for bargains, fresh home-grown produce.

Two years? well not quite, we had a dozen laying hens and they occupied the plot for the first year,—surprising how much damage hens can do to weeds! then we grew two crops of potatos, there is nothing better that potatos to clear a dirty plot as the green canopy suppresses weed growth.

]]> By: Tracy Stokes http://www.ecostreet.com/blog/uncategorised/2009/06/15/if-youve-wondered-why-ecostreet-now-has-a-more-african-feel/comment-page-1/#comment-69210 Tracy Stokes Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:42:24 +0000 http://www.ecostreet.com/blog/?p=2748#comment-69210 @colin I love the idea of Teas n Crafts, and wow, 2 years, isn't it amazing how gardening teaches patience. @colin I love the idea of Teas n Crafts, and wow, 2 years, isn’t it amazing how gardening teaches patience.

]]> By: colin syme http://www.ecostreet.com/blog/uncategorised/2009/06/15/if-youve-wondered-why-ecostreet-now-has-a-more-african-feel/comment-page-1/#comment-69206 colin syme Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:59:37 +0000 http://www.ecostreet.com/blog/?p=2748#comment-69206 Hi, well l lived on a farm in East lothian and the farmer allowed me to cultivate a piece of waste ground, lt took two years of hard work to clear it and two crops of potatos before the soil was ready for seed-beds. Because l was working on a low salary we decided to grow vegetables as an income supplement and divide the garden in two, one part to grow vegetables which we could eat right away eg salads, lettuce, radish, new potatos, spring onions, and cabbage, the other half devoted to crops which we could store in the potting shed or freeze eg. turnips,parsnips,main crop potatos,carrots,onions and so on. We had locally, a church run, "Sunday market" where people brought in their products/produce and sold them to the public minus a tenth which the church took, it was called "Teas n crafts" and so popular that most of the best stuff was sold in the first half-hour(Something to start in Cape Town?). among organic enthusiasts, it could be great social event as well! Hi, well l lived on a farm in East lothian and the farmer allowed me to cultivate a piece of waste ground, lt took two years of hard work to clear it and two crops of potatos before the soil was ready for seed-beds. Because l was working on a low salary we decided to grow vegetables as an income supplement and divide the garden in two, one part to grow vegetables which we could eat right away eg salads, lettuce, radish, new potatos, spring onions, and cabbage, the other half devoted to crops which we could store in the potting shed or freeze eg. turnips,parsnips,main crop potatos,carrots,onions and so on.
We had locally, a church run, “Sunday market” where people brought in their products/produce and sold them to the public minus a tenth which the church took, it was called “Teas n crafts” and so popular that most of the best stuff was sold in the first half-hour(Something to start in Cape Town?). among organic enthusiasts, it could be great social event as well!

]]> By: Tracy Stokes http://www.ecostreet.com/blog/uncategorised/2009/06/15/if-youve-wondered-why-ecostreet-now-has-a-more-african-feel/comment-page-1/#comment-69205 Tracy Stokes Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:27:16 +0000 http://www.ecostreet.com/blog/?p=2748#comment-69205 Thanks for the positive comments folks, much appreciated. @yzerfontein: Thanks for the muti submit. @colin: I was an organic allotmenteer in Surrey, what sort of growing do you do? @Herman & Yvonne: Keen to come and see what you guys are all about. :) Thanks for the positive comments folks, much appreciated.

@yzerfontein: Thanks for the muti submit.

@colin: I was an organic allotmenteer in Surrey, what sort of growing do you do?

@Herman & Yvonne: Keen to come and see what you guys are all about. :)

]]> By: Herman & Yvonne http://www.ecostreet.com/blog/uncategorised/2009/06/15/if-youve-wondered-why-ecostreet-now-has-a-more-african-feel/comment-page-1/#comment-69204 Herman & Yvonne Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:31:57 +0000 http://www.ecostreet.com/blog/?p=2748#comment-69204 Keep on writing/blogging green and be aware that there is a whole (green) world outside Cape Town except for not always so organic wines (where most of the South Africans and lots of overseas visitors go for) Enjoy Life (Our Life is full of cactus but we don't sit on it) Herman & Yvonne .-= Herman & Yvonne´s last blog ..<a href="http://soekershoffunnyside.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/life-skills-in-robertson-south-africa/" rel="nofollow">Life Skills in Robertson, South Africa</a> =-. Keep on writing/blogging green and be aware that there is a whole (green) world outside Cape Town except for not always so organic wines (where most of the South Africans and lots of overseas visitors go for)

Enjoy Life
(Our Life is full of cactus but we don’t sit on it)

Herman & Yvonne
.-= Herman & Yvonne´s last blog ..Life Skills in Robertson, South Africa =-.

]]> By: colin syme http://www.ecostreet.com/blog/uncategorised/2009/06/15/if-youve-wondered-why-ecostreet-now-has-a-more-african-feel/comment-page-1/#comment-69202 colin syme Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:20:15 +0000 http://www.ecostreet.com/blog/?p=2748#comment-69202 Well done you, l wish l had your guts, left SA in 1979 and live in Scotland, great here but not the same as SA. my roots are too deep here children and grand-kids are Scottish and, like you, l am a organic grower so your "green in SA" blog is of great interest to me. Well done you, l wish l had your guts, left SA in 1979 and live in Scotland, great here but not the same as SA. my roots are too deep here children and grand-kids are Scottish and, like you, l am a organic grower so your “green in SA” blog is of great interest to me.

]]> By: Yzerfontein http://www.ecostreet.com/blog/uncategorised/2009/06/15/if-youve-wondered-why-ecostreet-now-has-a-more-african-feel/comment-page-1/#comment-69199 Yzerfontein Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:58:07 +0000 http://www.ecostreet.com/blog/?p=2748#comment-69199 Hi Tracy. I've seen you pretty active on muti, and it's nice to hear some background. Keep up the greenstuff! Hi Tracy. I’ve seen you pretty active on muti, and it’s nice to hear some background. Keep up the greenstuff!

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