There have been a few months recently when walking, beyond our garden, was not encouraged and I began to despair that I would ever manage 59 different walks before next June. However, despite lockdown challenges, I have found lots of lovely local spots to explore, and have kept walking each day in my usual places….
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Mnandi
I am feeling pleased a punch. The cook book I have been working on for absolute ages as a fundraiser for the Mpophomeni Conservation Group has finally been published. My design diva pal, Des, put it together just the way I dreamed it and I think it looks delicious. My friends in Mpophomeni are the…
What did I have for lunch today?
Inspiration. Abundance. Hard boiled eggs, peanuts, raisins and pumpkin seeds. Read about it here: http://midlandsconservanciesforum.wordpress.com/2013/05/11/exploring-the-umthinzima-through-mpophomeni/ Afterwards, Tutu gave me an enormous lettuce, just plucked from her fabulous, flourishing garden.
Tutu Zuma’s Garden
Tutu Zuma can often be spotted trundling around Mpophomeni with her wheelbarrow piled high with grass, manure and discarded plants. “People throw so many useful things away” she says. “the only thing I have to ask for is manure because in Zulu culture, women can’t go in the kraal, so the men put it outside…