Want to plant a vegetable garden but have no garden space available?  Well, if you have a balcony or stoep and a potplant or two, you can grow your own veggies right there on your doorstep.  Not only will you be able to grow your own vegetables, you’ll also add some color to your outside area.

The one thing that we all have to do or need to have done by someone else, is laundry.  Doing your laundry can be damaging to the planet, but it does not have to be.  These guidelines will not only be more friendly to the planet but will also save you a couple of welcome rands and cents every month.

First, what is biodiversity?  Biodiversity measures the diversity of living organisms (plants, animals both on earth and in the water) in a given area.  This, in turn, is a measure of how healthy a biological area is.  

You can turn your garden into a biodiversity friendly spot simply by planting a variety of endemic plants that will attract other life-forms and help save our planet.  Sounds pretty simple, doesn’t it?

Here are ways to improve biodiversity: