JHB West - Nov 21

If you have a green thumb, then
Garden World’s Summer Festival
will be right up your alley to get
heaps of gardening inspo. The
theme is Gardens for the Soul and
you can expect to see 17 marvellous
designer gardens, the latest garden
trends and get clever solutions for
small outdoor spaces. There will also
be a variety of talks and workshops
hosted by gardening pro’s, so keep
a n e y e o u t o n t h e i r Fa c e b o o k p a g e,
@GardenWorldNurserySA. The
Summer Festival will take place
until December 5, so gather your
gardening friends for a lovely day
out in the country. Entry fee R20 per
person. Garden World is situated on
Beyers Naudé Drive, Muldersdrift.
Details: 011-957-2545, gardenworld.co.za
Cucumber “Crystal Apple’ (RAW) has
the shape of a Granny Smith apple
with a pale, greenish-white skin, but
the taste is pure cucumber with a
tang. The smooth, creamy fruit is best
eaten young, and is a bright, crunchy
addition to salads. It is a
compact growing plant.
Details: kirchhoffs.co.za
or rawliving.co.za
Indoor plant of the month…
Get into the festive spirit with Christmas
cactus (Schlumbergera). This is a greenleaved
succulent that produces brilliantly
coloured pink, red or purple flowers at the
end of their hanging stems. Even though
they are succulents, they need evenly
moist soil when in flower and a humid
environment. Place plants in a position
that receives good indirect light, but not
sunlight. Plants will flower for several weeks.
They look fabulous in a hanging basket,
which encourages the plant to produce
more stems, or place in a position where
the stems can cascade. Apply a liquid
fertiliser every two weeks once the buds
form. Details: lvgplant.co.za
Veggie of the month:
Cucumbers are a super salad veggie;
crunchy, cool on the tongue and caloriefree.
They grow easily from seed, and
for good germination sow two to three
seeds in one hole. Don’t ask why, it just
seems to work! If you don’t have space,
grow cucumbers vertically, by tying and
training them onto a wooden trellis,
along a fence, tee-pee or home-made
frame. Cucumbers grown this way are
less likely to suffer from powdery mildew
because the leaves stay dry. Cucumbers
need plenty of water during hot and
dry periods. The best form of watering is
flood watering so that the leaves don’t
get wet. Feed with a balanced fertiliser
(2:3:2) two or three times during the
growing season.
November 2021 Get It Magazine 27