In my post titled “White fungus on Roses” I spoke about a new way that I was watering my roses. It’s not anything amazing, except that it just feels like it works a LOT better, and doesn’t get the leaves of my roses wet.
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White fungus on Roses
It looks like even though I’ve sprayed my roses quite regularly, they managed to get a little fungus. It looks like white powder on the leaves of my roses. And, I think it might be the dreaded “Powdery Mildew“.
A fungus generally grows in damp conditions, which is quite bad, considering roses need water, which, if you’re not careful, can lead to damp leaves…
I think the main culprits for my roses getting the fungus are the following:
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Cleaning your wooden dining room table
Carrying on from the “Cleaning Leather Couches” article, I thought I would share how we clean our wooden table. It’s a dark wood table and needs extra care regarding scratches.
As with the leather care, cleaning the table is a similar 2 step process:
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Cleaning Leather Couches
I get a few visitors wondering how we look after our leather couches, so I thought I’d share it here. It’s quick and easy, and it works for us.
Cleaning leather couches is a 2 step process for us:
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Silicon Bakeware
My wife made banana bread last night. That fact probably doesn’t interest you (though the banana bread was EXCELLENT. I’ll get the recipe for you if I can), but what is cool is that she used a silicon loaf tin. I’m not sure if you would call it a tin considering it’s made out of silicon, but anyway. She’s also got a silicon cookie tray.
Silicon cookware is amazing stuff. Here are my reasons for loving it (even though I’m not always the one using it):
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Top 5 Herbs in my Herb Garden
Having had my herb garden for over a year now, I can really say it’s something that EVERYBODY should have in their garden. It’s a great looking feature, and their are so many added benefits, like actually having certain herbs readily available for cooking, and having a feature that can get guests at your parties talking about (you’ll see what I mean below).
So, if you’re thinking of creating a herb garden, think about reading my series of articles on the topic, starting off with this one: “Herb Garden in 24 hours”
So, what are my favourite herbs in my garden?
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Cleaning dirt marks off walls
If you have dirty (non-permanent) marks on your walls, then here’s a good way to clean them off…
But first, some of the ways that I’ve noticed these marks GET on the walls:
- Dogs rubbing up against the walls as they run past
- You sqaushed a mosquito on the wall, and now there’s a mark
- You tried to clean the mark on the wall, and only made it worse…
- While installing cupboards (or anything else) pencil marks were needed. Now they’re not…
So, the FANTASTIC way to clean these marks off the walls?
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Fathers Day Gift Ideas in South Africa
Carrying on from the “Mother’s Day” gift ideas article, I thought I would do the same for Father’s Day.
Do you keep asking yourself “when is Fathers Day“? Here’s an easy answer…
Because Father’s Day in South Africa is celebrated on the 3rd Sunday in June, this year (2009) Fathers Day will be on June 21st. So don’t waste any time and start planning your surprises for your dad. Though I’m pretty sure there are VERY few people who will be reading this more than a week before Father’s Day 😉
Personally, I think dads are easier to buy presents for than moms. Here are a few ideas for gifts for your dad that I can think of that you can buy online:
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Jars Pasta sauce
This pasta requires minimal effort but tastes great! You just need to be able to boil pasta and open up jars of Mediterranean delicacies.
Shopping List:
- 10 artichokes in olive oil
- A handful of sundried tomatoes in olive oil
- A handful of dried black olives in chili/herb oil
- Approximately 30 ml of the olive oil from the olives or normal virgin olive oil
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1 green chili
- 2 Handfuls of Parmessan shavings
- 250g of Pasta (Penne or Fusili)
Salmon Pasta Recipe
This is another one of my quick pasta recipes – it’s very tasty, super nutritious and low GI! I read a similar recipe in a recipe book, and after trying it out ourselves, we can fully recommend it.
Serves 2-3 people
Ingredients:
- 1 tin of Salmon
- A handful of cherry tomatoes (Halved)
- A large handful of fresh basil leaves (Roughly chopped)
- 3 stalks of celery (Finely chopped)
- 1 bunch of celery leaves (Roughly chopped)
- A handful of olives (Pitted and roughly chopped)
- +/- 60 ml Olive oil
- 250g Pasta