NATURAL POOLS | How to Retrofit your Conventional Swimming Pool informational eBook by Kevan and Karen Zunckel
Title: NATURAL POOLS | How to Retrofit your Conventional Swimming Pool Author: Karen and Kevan Zunckel Genre: Home & Garden Publisher: KwaZulu Natal Midlands Sustainability Forum Release Date: July 2015 … Continue reading
Hilton Produce Exchange
by Nikki Brighton. First published on Midlands Mosaic It’s a big job saving the planet, but starting small, with bite size chunks, can really make a difference. This is exactly … Continue reading
Strawberry Towers
Conventionally, vertical gardens are becoming ever more popular as an alternative for gardeners who don’t have a lot of horizontal space, want to cover an unattractive wall, or just want … Continue reading
Its ‘flow season’ and time to harvest our honey | Beekeeping Open Day with Barrie Lewis
A small group of novice beekeepers gathered on a lazy sunny Sunday afternoon on the stoep of Barrie and Jean Lewis’s home in Hilton to get our hands sticky learning how to harvest honey. … Continue reading
Pickle your Peppadews and make a Natural Pesticide with the Seeds
My peppadews are ripening to a glorious red. I’ve had a bumper crop this year so its an opportune time to start bottling them. Did you know that the Peppadew is … Continue reading
Beekeeping Open Day with Barrie Lewis
Want to start Beekeeping? The KwaZulu Natal Midlands Sustainability Forum invites you to a Beekeeping Open Day with veteran beekeeper, Barrie Lewis. Where? 56 Groenekloof Road, Hilton When? this … Continue reading
Rhubarb and Mint Soda using the natural lacto-fermentation technique
If you, like me, were concerned about the quantity of sugar I used in my last Elderflower Cordial recipe, you can convert your cordial into a batch of lacto-fermented soda, simply by … Continue reading
Homemade Elderflower Cordial
I’ve been foraging in the neighbourhood for elderflowers. What started out as an early morning walk in the fresh autumn weather, turned into me collecting the flowers in our quiet country lanes to … Continue reading
Zunckel Ecological + Environmental Services 