The inside of the shopping centre we visited today
View from the centre over the rapidly expanding Northern suburbs of JohannesburgI know that I haven’t done any food or recipe posts for a while, but I hope to post some during the course of the weekend. We’ve been eating out quite a bit and I am really enjoying the variety of fresh, seasonal ingredients available in all the restaurants here.
Tomorrow we are off to a large Garden Centre – there is a herb garden exhibition on and it will be a fun day for my daughter as they also have a farmyard there, a craft market and a lovely tea garden where we will have some lunch. I also plan on shopping for flower and vegetable seeds to take back to Tanzania with me, as they have a huge selection there.
I usually plant my seeds directly in to the ground, but this time I am hoping to have more success by planting them in to seedling trays and bags first, and then transplanting them when they are established. As we have a problem on the farm with birds eating the seedlings, in my absence I have left our 3 gardeners to prepare everything for my return, and to fence off a section of the garden with chicken wire and cover the top with shade cloth so as to keep the birds out. My husband has told me via email that so far, all is going according to plan. The gardeners are very excited to see what “new” seeds I bring back from “Afrika Kusini” (South Africa) as many of the flowers in particular, are unfamiliar to them.
Today we went to a huge new shopping centre in the Northern suburbs of Johannesburg, close to where my parents live. It has been magnificently designed with indoor water features and sweeping views across the suburbs and is comprised mostly of trendy restaurants, wine bars and exclusive designer clothing stores. I’ve included a couple of pictures to try and give you an idea of what this area feels like ….
Tomorrow we are off to a large Garden Centre – there is a herb garden exhibition on and it will be a fun day for my daughter as they also have a farmyard there, a craft market and a lovely tea garden where we will have some lunch. I also plan on shopping for flower and vegetable seeds to take back to Tanzania with me, as they have a huge selection there.
I usually plant my seeds directly in to the ground, but this time I am hoping to have more success by planting them in to seedling trays and bags first, and then transplanting them when they are established. As we have a problem on the farm with birds eating the seedlings, in my absence I have left our 3 gardeners to prepare everything for my return, and to fence off a section of the garden with chicken wire and cover the top with shade cloth so as to keep the birds out. My husband has told me via email that so far, all is going according to plan. The gardeners are very excited to see what “new” seeds I bring back from “Afrika Kusini” (South Africa) as many of the flowers in particular, are unfamiliar to them.
Today we went to a huge new shopping centre in the Northern suburbs of Johannesburg, close to where my parents live. It has been magnificently designed with indoor water features and sweeping views across the suburbs and is comprised mostly of trendy restaurants, wine bars and exclusive designer clothing stores. I’ve included a couple of pictures to try and give you an idea of what this area feels like ….
