The Green Fig

The Green Fig Proudly South African. 🇿🇦
Country living at it's best! 🐎
Homesteader. 💚
Greenthumb. 🌿
Healthy living,organic and free range. 🥚
Foodie! 🧑🏼‍🍳

Don't miss out on our delicious and season products!Where every ingredient is home grown and organic, made with absolute...
14/10/2026

Don't miss out on our delicious and season products!

Where every ingredient is home grown and organic, made with absolute love.

Make Basil Pesto with me!1. Collect your basil leaves and soak them in salt water.2. Sterilise your jars with boiling wa...
14/10/2026

Make Basil Pesto with me!

1. Collect your basil leaves and soak them in salt water.
2. Sterilise your jars with boiling water.
3. Combine all your ingredients in a blender or food processor.
4. Collect all the scraps for your chickens and/or compost heap.
5. Jar your pesto.
6. Seal off with an extra layer of olive oil on top.
7. Enjoy!

Walk through the garden with me...All my seeds have grown into little deelings!1. Our apricot tree is fruiting.2. Lettuc...
12/10/2026

Walk through the garden with me...

All my seeds have grown into little deelings!

1. Our apricot tree is fruiting.
2. Lettuce.
3. Spinach.
4. Spring onions.
5. Radishes.
6. Our first rose bud!
7. Carrots.
8. Onions.
9. Beets.
10. More Radishes.
11.Wr discovered we have a grape vine!
12. Butternut.
13. Green beans.
14. Our rocket bush is flowering and hopefully seeding soon...
15.We kept all the Dandelions this year. It helped the bees, we made dandelion petal tea and dandelion root coffee.

Lots of Dandelions?Let's make Dandelion Petal tea.1. Pick all the yellow Dandelion flowers.2. Remove all the yellow peta...
27/09/2026

Lots of Dandelions?

Let's make Dandelion Petal tea.

1. Pick all the yellow Dandelion flowers.
2. Remove all the yellow petals.
3. Dry the petals for longer storage or use fresh.
4. Soak in boiling water for 5-10 minutes and enjoy as is or with a bot of honey.

Benefits of Dandelion petal tea?

It's rich in antioxidants, supports immune health, reduces I flamation in the body, supports gentle digestion.

Did you know, we can also use the leaves and roots of the dandelion to make tea?

Follow along to see how I make Dandelion Root tea.

Tip of the week!When planting carrots or onions (Any plant with small seeds actually), mix the seeds with sand before so...
20/09/2026

Tip of the week!

When planting carrots or onions (Any plant with small seeds actually), mix the seeds with sand before sowing in the ground. That way, you will need to thin your carrons/onions less, because the sand crates more spacing between each seed!

When planting Carrots, also cover your seeds with a shade cloth untill the first leaves appear. This helps keep the seeds moist and keeps the birds away, for a bigger crop ✌🏻

Follow along for môre tips!

If you missed it, we left the countryside and moved back to the suburbs... we also moved our chickens with us and decide...
20/09/2026

If you missed it, we left the countryside and moved back to the suburbs... we also moved our chickens with us and decided to continue with the Green Fig, but on a smaller scale.

Join me this spring, to see what we can grow in our new 5x5m vegetable patch and a couple of pots!

Same Fig, new challange and hopefully an inspiration to those following along who also happen to live in the suburbs.

Moving to the suburbs has made us even more industrious, if you can believe it! Our neighbours with gardens and compost heaps are now lining up for our fresh chicken p**p every week when I clean the coop...

By the sound of things, this is going to be a very hot and unforgiving summer. I therefore chose a spot in the garden that gives me full sun all morning and semi shade in the afternoon, giving my vegetables that much needed break from the scorching sun... We are also in the process of setting up a rain water system.

Noting like a blank canvas for inspiration too!

Our 2026/2027 Orchard!1. Lemons2. More lemons...3. Apricots4. Pomagranites5. Nartjies
20/09/2026

Our 2026/2027 Orchard!

1. Lemons
2. More lemons...
3. Apricots
4. Pomagranites
5. Nartjies

New and improved Chili Sauce recipe!Our products and either home grown or locally aourcesld and 100% organic and home ma...
20/09/2026

New and improved Chili Sauce recipe!

Our products and either home grown or locally aourcesld and 100% organic and home made.

Available in Mild and Hot.

View our pinned 2026 Pricelist for pricing...

Spring 2026 Pricelist!We deliver nation wide...
20/09/2026

Spring 2026 Pricelist!

We deliver nation wide...

Spring 2026 loading...Follow along to see what we'll be up to!
26/07/2026

Spring 2026 loading...

Follow along to see what we'll be up to!

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Johannesburg
2191

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Tuesday 08:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 08:00 - 17:00
Thursday 08:00 - 17:00
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