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A very big thank you to each and every one of you.

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I sometimes feel like an accidental Tourist on

this Journey that has chosen me and the

Path I choose to carve out while I traverse

this beautiful Earth. Each day is a gift from

the One and each day I am grateful to

receive and share it.I have hills and valiums,

but I insist that my hills have panoramic

vistas and that my valleys produce exquisite

wines

Fiona Cameron-Brown

Inspire Copy Editor

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Fiona Cameron-Brown runs an education

and training management consultancy from

a virtual ofce in the Winelands.

Fiona Cameron Consulting offers a range of

services e.g. writing, conceptualisation,

policy analysis, and quality compliance. She

lives in McGregor, with her husband, Tom

and two cats.

Bronwen Watson

Inspire Content Contributor

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Bronwen is an online copywriter and social

media manager for a Johannesburg based

digital agency.

Specialising in online and social media,

administrating, writing and editing content

for blogs, mobile and social media

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Carol Gerber

Results Driven Coaching

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My interest has always been in how people both

think and behave, which is probably why when I

went to University of Stellenbosch, I studied

Psychology. The transition into Coaching has

however been a journey. A 13 year career in

Human Resources provided the platform where I

lived out my passion for helping people develop

their careers. Since May 2010, I have been

applying that knowledge and passion as The

Possibilities Coach, helping people to reach their

full potential.

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Corporate Choices

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has been in the media and marketing

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journalist, editor, photographer and

publisher, mixed with a good dose of public

relations and marketing, ensures that she

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advanced students. Liz has a great passion

for gardening and with her prior career

managing The Cape Association of

Nurserymen she has combined that

experience with her passion to start the

journey of the colourful palette in our

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Reece Sims is a passionate advocate for the

professional development of Generation Y

women. She is the owner and founder of

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business and lifestyle advice as well as a

repository for edgy awareness campaigns

and interviews with inspiring female

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Philippa's passion is writing, and her blog,

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continuously in popularity and readership.

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Kristina is a career/life coach and motivational

speaker who has a proven record of getting

"stuck" clients empowered to make lasting

changes aligned with their true passions and

talents. Whether speaking, coaching, writing,

or creating programs for The Women's

Mosaic, she provides a unique yet practical

framework for each individual to make the

most of their personal and professional lives.

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nance and investments graduate who lives

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trend Soire is the her brainchild where she

documents her path of self discovery ,

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So the end of the year is fast approaching and the

pace of everything seems to have doubled. People

are gearing themselves for holiday mode and

starting to make plans for their long awaited

getaways. Much excitement and energy in the air all

round! It is also nearing the time of year when we all

start to do that inner evaluation taking stock of

the year gone by and what has unfolded for us.

2013 has been a great year for Inspire. It has been

fantastically rewarding to watch the growth of the

magazine and to be witness to how many of you

have been positively impacted by it. I would like to

say a VERY big thank you to each and every one of

you for all your support.

I hope that our featured content throughout 2013

has been able to assist you with whatever issues,

challenges or decisions you might have been facing

at any given time. With every issue we have strived

to ll your minds and lives with reading matter that

uplifts, empowers and motivates you and we will

continue to do so as we go.

Naturally, we have put our focus on much that is

holiday this time round so that your time off is

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You might notice that we are in the process of a

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gradual changes to the mag, all with the ultimate

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Cooking and I do not have a good

relationship. I cook mainly to avoid starving

and because I have children to feed. With the

advent of Food Lovers Market and Spar delis,

I have no need to cook at all, except when my

burbies complain that they would like to taste

my food for a change. I do conjure up a

meal worthy of the royalty they are, which

they APPRECIATE and me. A win-win

situation.

My family are all pressured cookers and specialise in

certain dishes under duress which make for delicious

family get-togethers. My Mother makes the best pork

roast ever and reduces us to savages chanting

crackling-crackling-crackling! My Aunt makes the

best boiled beetroot that no-one really eats, however

it remains the traditional stalwart that accompanies

everything including a legacy of purple-stained

tablecloths. Cuzzieburb makes the best mint

daiquiris; my Uncle pours the best other people's

whiskeys; Dadburb makes the best potjiekos and

smoked snoek; my Broburb nds solace from the

madding crowd and washes up the best; I make the

best curry, when I am commissioned in writing.

Don't get me wrong here. I am a good cooka very

good cook. I just don't like the collateral damage that

comes with cooking. All those horrid pots and pans

sulking on the kitchen counters after having been put

through the equivalent of Hell's Kitchen accompanied

by the French sans Gordon Ramsey.

I grew up in a time when pots were being liberatwhich

was the late seventies (70s)AMCAmandla, now

where too? Away with metal pots away! Away with

metal utensils away! Long leeev plastic crap long

leeeev! These are toys-toys! Thus my aversion to pots

developed.

Occasionally I develop an urge to shop for pots. I tend

to be drawn to the Naked Chef's. I drool over them

and wonder how they'll look in my kitchenor when I

am particularly distracted thinking about how he'd

look in my kitchen, I am tempted to take them off the

shelf. But the thought of cleaning another stainless

steel pot and bufngStep away from the pots,

Burbettestep away slowly. So I opt for Teon and

anything that allows me to blow boiled milk out of

them to save on the washing up.

Neither my Mother nor my Aunt really encouraged me

to take pleasure in the kitchen. Both, to this day, seem

to delight in using every utensil, every plate-cup-knife-

fork-spoon-pot to cook a meal that takes 4 hours to

prepare and guzzled in 20 minutes. Ironically, my

Mother encouraged me to purchase the Jubilee range

which with hindsight had no cause for celebration. My

Mother has gadgetry of culinary torture in her kitchen

that turns tomatoes into roses and cucumbers into

designer greens. She can make carrots confess. I have

attempted to analyse the psychology behind the

obsession with cooking and have concluded that

there is some sado-masochistic sexual thing

happening there. Eggs are beaten; cream is whipped;

spoons are licked; vegetables are steamy; meat is

poked; poultry is stuffed. I am persuaded that cooking

is an extension of a psycho-sexual experience.

What I did learn from my Mother and Aunt both is

minimalism by default. My philosophy is kitchen Zen.

The less I have, the less I have to manage and worry

about. And I confess that I have very little. Everything

has its place. And when the Burbette Rules are

obeyed, there is order and peace in Burbland.

I am however blessed with a domestic worker who

does not understand my need for order. She, a maid

less than marvellous has been sent to challenge the

sanctity of my inner being. While some might look

forward to the days their domestic worker arrives to

clean up the weekend chaos, I am lled with dread

at the chaos that will ensue once she has left.

She of the Un-marvellous is required to cook, at least

that's what she's paid to do, which included making

our lunches. None of us really enjoy her food, but the

great Un-marvellous has made absolutely sure of that,

and goes home with the food we didn't eat. She no

longer makes the lunches either because we don't like

margarine on bread with slap-gat. And then I have

also been invited to supper. In my world, supper

means just that. Food, served on a plate, at a table, to

be eaten ideally interspersed with chit chat when

one's mouth is not full.

This means something very different in Manland.

Apparently an invitation to supper means that I am on

the Menu. They are either inviting me out to a

restaurant or want to cook for me. I do not t the bill of

a trending anorexic or celebrity bulimic, and am rather

the equivalent of a sultry Momma-whale, Nigella style.

It has been a long while since I have seen a six on the

left hand side of my scale. I am ready to sacrice my

ego on the altar of non-return to svelte, but I am also a

denialist of note and live in hope that maybejust

maybe

Through my purple-coloured lenses I am accepting

that my once pliable and obedient body has taken on a

subversive hormonal life of its own. Whereas in my 20s

and 30s I could refuse to negotiate with kilogram-sit-

ins. In my late 40s I have taken to praying, begging and

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pleading that these squatter-kgs would just leave my

space. It does not help that I love food and am drawn

to it like a sadistic moth to a lamb chop braai. And I am

weak to the charms of the Tempters of my downfall.

They seduce me with their delights.

I vaaaant to keeeewk fur yew. Some rate wire-yen

wizz ze meee-yal, maah obligatory faaai-yerr vill be

guh-ing, ken-dellszey beh-urn huh-rt. [Pathetic

French accent]

I am beginning to think that these are men who spend

too many hours in Doctors' rooms reading the 2007

YOU in 2013 and COSMO mags are picking up tips

about what they think women wanted in 2008.

Men are basic, primal creatures with 3 needs: Food,

sex and how to x stuff, not necessarily in that order.

So they speed-readHow to x the sex thing and be

fullled:

1. Must have reif notsmall re as in candles

2. Must have foodlearn to cook or if can't

cookburn stuff on re

3. Fix it upmake re, have candles and food

Ahaaaa SEX

I have been in the company of some single men who

have been willing to share their culinary skills. One was

very proud of the 2-minute noodles that he was able

to cook.

[White Safrican accent]

Well, ah teak uht the packet laak hey. Laak open it.

Then ah purrit ina burl with warrer. Oh yaah, dern't

fehgit the satch-et. Thet's laak thah avah. Then yew

poorrit ina maak-row-wave heyfoh laak ONE

minute. Then voil, noorells!!

Another man offered me coffee with cookies. He did

make a re in an actual replace, so he was partially

forgiven. However, when he kept emphasising the

cookies and how delicious they were

Ooh just love this cookieaaaah delicious

cookiemmmm.cookie I realised that he was just

a tad over-enthused about the delights of the cookie

and I made a graceful exit.

A charlatan of a chef promised me a night of ne

dining which turned out to be viennas and mince

which had lost their way swimmingly in tomato sauce

served with the expensive wine that I had brought. I

have been invited to potjiekos evenings where the

man and his cohorts were in charge of the cauldron

bubbling and troubling and 10 hours later, too many

cooks had spoiled what now had become broth. I have

been to braais (barbecues) where the re took 5 hours

to make and the braai itself over 3 hours at which point

I was pale with hunger. I suspect he may have been

trying to enthral me with a caveman technique in the

hope that he could drag me by the hair into his

mancave. Oh no no, not by the hair of my GHD'd head,

he could huff and puff over that re, but I was out of

there.

On another occasion I arrived a mere 15 minutes late

with a bottle of expensive Shiraz 2008 Vintage only to

be met by a demonic Chef who lambasted me for my

rudeness and lack of consideration because he had

prepared some lamb thingie and was about to set his

house alight with tea-candles. I simply placed the wine

on the counter and left. 200 whatsapp messages over

a period of 24 hours non-stop I was still learning about

my level of ingratitude.

So it seems that although I am invited out to eat a lot, I

don't actually seem to get the opportunity to eat. I

remain perplexed at the length of the creative

process. When I am in charge, I am merely cooking. It's

what women do. Vriet en vra nie meer nie!

Put a couple of men in charge and they are preparing a

culinary fest to roast your cotton socks. The

signicance of a side of beef takes on stupendous

proportions. I am required to study the grain of the

meat, look at it from every angle to appreciate its

futurea rare occasion. I am summonsed to check the

coals which are glowing to perfection in the Weber.

Salad and vegetables are prepared by the Vegetable

Specialist and are spliced and diced with Samurai

swords. He prefers to be known as Wan-lon-don.

Instructions are shouted between the Chefs from

kitchen to backyard.

How's the re going? Is it ready yet? Are the coals

hot enough?

I dunno Boet. Pour me a drink rst!

Hey Bru, Chivas or Coussins?

And then THE DINNER is served to a slow clap and

theme music.

I like food, but I don't like my food fast. I have learnt

that food, like life, is meant to be savoured. The

ingredients, like the company is carefully selected,

preferably with fresh insights, peeling away slowly

and being comfortable with the familiar. Like meat

drizzled with olive oil, we like to be rubbed up the

right way; heady fragrancesprepared and left to

come into our own sampled delicatelyopen to the

long-awaited experience of savouring what is set

out...and for what we are about to receiveexotica

Eat, Pray, ok ermreally NEED to eat

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How did you all meet and when and how did the

motivation to start micasa come from? - It's a

fantasy story to be honest about 3 guys that met by

chance and started making music together. That's

really how it happened. Duda was djng at an even Mo

Ts brother phoned him and asked him to come and

play with this 'dj' and I was at the event, had a brave

moment and asked if I could join them. That's how Mi

Casa started ... Motivation just ew from that day till

today.

How does it make you feel when you look at how

far you have come in such a short space of time? -

Speechless to be honest. It's a mixture of feelings.

Humbled, blessed, blown away, loved, excited, and

so much joy!

What are you most grateful for in this life? - Life

itself. The fact that we have an opportunity to be

apart of such a time as this and not only that but we

get to it doing what we love everyday!

Do you think a professional musician is born or

made and why? - A bit of both. Talent is one thing

which is plentiful, hard work and a mixture of talent is

something very scarce and we reckon that's what

determines success.

Where do you get the inspiration for your tracks

and lyrics? - It has a lot to do with the continent we

are apart of. Africa is a place that is strong on hope

and dreams. We try and portray that through not only

our music but our brand as a whole. We here to

encourage and motivate people through our music.

What would you say is the greatest challenge you

have overcome as a band? - Staying together as a

group trough all the success not having any

background knowledge of each other. But you know

it's been one hell of an amazing ride for us!

Do any of you still get stage fright? - All of us. We

get really excited, is that the same thing?

How do you overcome the days when inspiration

and motivation is lacking? - We never lack such! We

get tired but passion is our greatest cheer leader!

If you could spend one day anywhere in the world,

where would it be and why? - New York City again.

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cup castor sugar

1 vanilla pod

Crust:

Blend the self raising our, cake our and unsalted

butter for 30 seconds in a food processor for

approximately 30 seconds until crumbly. Add eggs,

process briey until the mixture binds together. Place

the mixture onto a lightly oured surface and roll into a

small ball. Refrigerate in plastic wrap for about 20

minutes or until the mixture is rm. Preheat the oven at

210C. Lightly grease a 23 cm diameter spring form tin.

Roll the pastry between two sheets of baking paper

until large enough to t and trim the edges. Cover the

pastry with baking paper, then rice or dried beans.

Bake for 10 minutes, and then remove the baking

paper and rice. (Chef's term: Blind Bake)

Cheese Cake Filling:

Beat the cream cheese, sugar, our and melted white

chocolate until smooth. Add the eggs one at a time,

beating after each addition. Beat in the cream, pour

over the pastry and bake for 1 hour and 25 to 35

minutes or until almost set. Turn off the oven and leave

to cool down. When cool, refrigerate.

Strawberry couli:

Add frozen strawberries, water, lemon juice, sugar and

the vanilla pod in a saucepan. Heat or reduce till thick.

Leave to cool down.

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Where did your passion for cooking come from? -

During my travels in Europe I was exposed to amazing

food. I lived in Spain for a year and ate at this little tapas

bar almost daily. The chef/owner had me try something

different every day. I ate ajo camarones (garlic prawns),

thinly sliced Serano ham and home cured olives with

amazing bread.

Of all the places you have travelled to, where have

you enjoyed your cooking experiences the most? - I

have to say Spain and Morocco for the bold avors. I

also loved cooking in Seattle and San Francisco

because of the amazing fresh sh and produce that is

available year round.

Have you always been pro farm to fork or when

and why did this change for you? - I moved to Seattle

in 1997 and the slow food movement was already big

there. Most of my chef friends had small herb gardens

behind their restaurants and created menus based on

seasonal availability. I became a true believer in farm

to fork during my time at The Herbfarm Restaurant in

Woodinville, Washington. We had a one acre farm and

grew almost 95% of our own vegetables. Every

product on our 9 course menu was sourced within 70

miles from the restaurant. We supported small farmers

and had a forager on staff providing us with Oregon

trufes, morel mushrooms, seabeans, stinging nettles

and many other wild edibles.

What would you say is the most noticeably OBVIOUS

difference between cooking with fresh produce

straight from a vegetable garden VS something off a

supermarket shelf? - Freshness for sure and secondly

the taste. The moment produce is picked it start losing

avor and nutrients. There is nothing better than

picking fresh fruit or vegetables and 10 minutes later

have it in a dish.

What is the most gratifying / rewarding part of

cooking with something you have actually grown

yourself? - It gives me a sense of completion, from

planting the seed to using the vegetable or herb in a

dish. Being a chef is so much more than just a cook, you

are preparing something that keeps a human being

alive and nurture his or her body. Being part of the

planting and growing process, adds to the experience.

I also love to share this with my guests and people are

more and more appreciative of chefs being involved in

growing food.

What are your three favourite ingredients to cook

with? - Wow, that is difcult, there are so many and I like

to explore new things. If I have to narrow it down, I

would say fresh sh, pasta and duck.

What would you say is the most unlikely combination

of ingredients that actually works really well

together? - Rosemary and Apple, Beetroot and

chocolate, chocolate, chili spice with beef or chicken,

foie gras and marshmallow.

Any chef secrets you would like to share with our

readers? - My passion is fresh herbs. I would like to

encourage the readers to experiment with herbs. Try

using Bay leaves in dessert, or using a combination of

soft herbs as a wet rub for sh. Be less cautious when

you cook at home and try new things.

What beverage accompanies you when you cook for

yourself? - I love the Holden-Manz Big G and

Vernisage, so when I cook at home I have a glass in

hand. In summer a cold Darling brew is a must.

Where do you nd your recipe/dish inspirations

from? - I enjoy looking at new trends from all over the

world and then create a menu or recipe with what is

available on the market. I also collaborate with my chef

friends on new ideas. My herb and vegetable garden is

a great inspiration. Sometimes it only takes a smell

from Lemon Verbena or rubbing chocolate mint

between my ngers to nd a new idea for a dish. Then

it is back to my kitchen to talk it over with my chefs

What is your favourite cooking quote? - "Annie,

there's a big lobster behind the refrigerator. I can't get

it out. This thing's heavy. Maybe if I put a little dish of

butter sauce here with a nutcracker, it will run out the

other side." - Woody Allen in Annie Hall

How are your braaing skills? - I do not want to boast,

but I am awesome at a good old American BBQ. It is

not that different from a braai. I also love to smoke

food and we built a smoker for the restaurant. We

smoke pork ribs, brisket and even make smoky bacon. I

like to use hardwood and it is usually a all day affair.

What do you enjoy doing when you aren't preparing

delicious meals? - I love to sail and hope to continue

racing here in the Cape waters. My other passion is

shing, something I can do all day long, if I was not a

chef I would lead shing expeditions for women and

then teach them how to clean and cook their catch.

If you could encourage others to start growing their

own veg and herbs, what would you say to them? -

Start small, and plant interesting herbs so you can

explore new avors. You do not need a large area to

start. A few small pots o your kitchen window would be

a good way to get going.

Many people have words to live by what are

yours? - Mine change almost daily. If I can pick a daily

devotion it would be, So whatever you wish that

others would do to you, do also to them.

Any advice for someone, young or old wanting to

become a professional chef? - I started really late in my

chefs career and played catch up for years. My advice

would be follow your heart and go for it if that is your

path of choice. Just remember it is going to take hard

work and dedication to succeed. I love to empower

women as chef's and teach young chefs everything I

know. Be a role model so to speak.

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Chef Maryna Frederiksen

The woman behind

Holden Manzs

Franschhoek Kitchen

and its fantastic

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Farm Farm Farm to Forkto Forkto Fork

Weather plays a vital part in the life of a

gardener and they rely on television and

radio forecasts to assist them. However,

these forecasts can be confusing to say the

least - i.e. the weather man said that it was

going to rain the following day but what he

really meant was that it was going to be a

blazing hot day with no wind and not a cloud

in sight!

Here in Cape Town it is often said that we can

experience three different variations of weather in

one day - the day that you have planned to have a

braai because you woke up to beautiful blue skies,

turns into a disaster as the heavens open just as the

re is looking great, sending everyone rushing

indoors for cover. It must be said though, that the

weather forecasts for Cape Town during the winter

were very accurate and we had to batten down

hatches and watch the garden being hammered by

gale force winds, rain, hail and snow. I lost the battle

with the leaks in my attic - now four, not to mention

my french doors which allowed the rain to come

through every pane of glass! My art students braved

the bad weather and arrived for classes. Mark

brought delicious home made mufns full of fruit and

nuts and decadent toppings. Cyndy popped in to visit

- very excited as she had just sold some of her

paintings and to tell us that she was off to Provence

for a holiday making us all green with envy.

Mandy was welcomed as a new student - very

nervous at rst but soon realized that our art classes

are therapy too - everyone is encouraged and

uplifted and there is much chatting and laughter - I

feel very blessed to have all these special people in

my life. When the worst of the weather was over, I did

an inspection and was pleased to note that all my

seedlings had survived.The spinach, celery,spring

onions all looking good and I had my rst pickings of

broccoli which was great.The tomato plants all

healthy and strong with loads of owers. My yellow

and white banksia roses have been too magnicient -

and of course what would a garden be without those

lovely bright cheerful nasturtiums that give us bursts

of colour. I have a perennial one which has deep red,

double owers and smokey green leaves. The bird

table is always well stocked and much appreciated by

our feathered friends - during the stormy weather a

pair of doves still managed to raise two baby chicks in

their nest in the weeping pepper tree - this was quite

a miracle as doves make such ridiculously imsy nests

and often lose their eggs in windy weather. The young

doves are very tame now and visit me daily on my

balcony. The wild owers in the Cape were

magnicent this year - even along the free-ways I

would get a warm glow inside me as I glanced down

at the owering oxalis and tiny daisies - my one

student Di has her own special word for this saying It

is just beauteous

From October onwards it is a busy time in the garden,

so I have listed a few points to assist you in achieving

successful results.

REMEMBER TO...

Keep the garden mulched to conserve moisture in

the soil.

Roses need to be fed once a month in the growing

season and watered deeply during the hot months.

Water in the morning so as to avoid fungal disease.

Hot weather is the time to watch out for the red

spider mite - placing a sprinkler underneath the

leaves will help to avoid an infestation.

Citrus plants also need deep watering and a handful

of superphosphates per sq. metre sprinkled around

the trees will promote fruiting - do this once a month.

Add compost when planting anything in the garden

together with a handful of bonemeal to give plants a

good start.

Summer salads are so much tastier when home

grown so visit the nurseries and see all the different

varieties available.

When it comes to herbs, sweet basil is always a

favourite so plant plenty - there are also many

perennial varieties available.

Coriander is easy to grow from seed but is also

available in pots.

Italian parsley makes a wonderful border plant as

does celery.

All herbs will benet from a foliar feed twice a

month.

Keep tomato plants well staked and don't allow

them to have irregular watering as this will produce

mis-shaped fruit. - Plant a hanging basket with cherry

tomatoes - this looks great. Try to keep water off the

leaves of tomato plants and feed regularly with an

organic fertilizer.

Green peppers and chillies will astound you if you

feed with a handful of magnesium sulphate every two

weeks - sprinkle around the plants and water in.

Happy gardening and enjoy the "lazy, hazy, crazy

days of summer.

Article: Liz Hoare - www.lizziesart.blogspot.com

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