One Home, One Garden

Today we were at Ngubane’s garden harvesting cabbage, spinach and beetroots. What a day we had! Thank you so much to everyone who is supporting this initiative.

In a place that was unused and full of weeds, these men went to work and tilled the ground, prepared it, and plotted the new vegetable patch with cabbage seedlings. https://www.emseni.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/WhatsApp-Video-2025-07-18-at-16.08.42.mp4

Today marks another successful harvest at the Mkhize family homestead. The vegetable garden continues to thrive, with the crops appearing healthy, vibrant, and well-maintained. The consistent care and attention given to this garden are clearly reflected in the quality of the produce, showcasing the family’s dedication to sustainable home farming. The Ngubane family has successfully…

https://www.emseni.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/WhatsApp-Video-2025-07-09-at-12.02.59.mp4 On 09 July 2025, in the rural community of Bhamshela, the Makhoba, Mkhize, Ngcamu, Ndlovu, Jali, Majozi, Smith, and Govender families actively participated in a home gardening initiative. With dedication and enthusiasm, each family prepared the soil in their respective yards and planted cabbage and beetroot seedlings generously donated by Emseni Farming. This initiative…

On June 26, 2025, representatives from Emseni Farming—Mzikayise Ndlovu, Mfanifikile Khamo, and Janis—conducted a gardening workshop in the Ndwedwe community. The workshop included both theoretical and practical training on planting. It was sponsored by Emseni Farming and RTS Embeweni Place of Seed. Looking ahead, Emseni Farming plans to build a seedling nursery for the community….

At the Masikane Old Age Home, the ladies put in their efforts to prepare trays for planting and carefully plant different vegetable seeds. Seeds grow, seeds grow so that we can plant seedlings together with our grannies. Watch this post for updates on how the seeds are growing… https://www.emseni.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/WhatsApp-Video-2025-06-25-at-11.52.24.mp4

Sitholes are making sure they will have healthy vegetables to harvest and eat from their garden. We trust that this spinach and beetroot they have planted today will grow big and bring delicious food into the house.

It was a joyous occasion on Saturday 26/04/2025 when Emseni Farming visited the KwaSizabantu Mission branch, Claridge, Pietermaritzburg. The community members were invited to be educated on agriculture and given spinach, beetroot and cabbage seeds. They were taught how to prepare a planting bed, how to make holes for the seedlings, how far apart these…

As much as it is important to plant, it is imperative that the plants are looked after and nourished. This involves going into the garden, weeding, watering the plants and applying fertliser. Here, these families are putting sawdust on the ground around the cabbage plants to keep the water from washing away the soil.