Richard Hay🌾
@harvestofhay.bsky.social
Mostly I just grow things hey🌱
Curator: Future Africa Indigenous and Orphan Crops Collection, University of Pretoria
Conservation Project Coordinator: Botanical Society of South Africa
Curator: Future Africa Indigenous and Orphan Crops Collection, University of Pretoria
Conservation Project Coordinator: Botanical Society of South Africa
Urban botanising a little population of natural Aloe marlothii X A. davyana hybrids in amongst a moerse population of Aloe davyana🌱
August 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Urban botanising a little population of natural Aloe marlothii X A. davyana hybrids in amongst a moerse population of Aloe davyana🌱
...and my favourite sweet potatoes from our veg garden!
July 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
...and my favourite sweet potatoes from our veg garden!
Featuring some insane carrots from our friends at LivingSeeds...
July 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Featuring some insane carrots from our friends at LivingSeeds...
This household is having a grand old time in the kitchen at the moment!
July 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
This household is having a grand old time in the kitchen at the moment!
Blows my mind that we have the technology to measure photosynthesis
April 30, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Blows my mind that we have the technology to measure photosynthesis
Tsenza making emails bearable (Don't say anything about my 40 million open tabs)
April 23, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Tsenza making emails bearable (Don't say anything about my 40 million open tabs)
Luffa cylindrica fruit in the early stages of development
March 11, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Luffa cylindrica fruit in the early stages of development
Our Work Integrated Learning students planting out their spinach, bell-peppers, and purple sweet potatoes into the Giving Garden🌱
March 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Our Work Integrated Learning students planting out their spinach, bell-peppers, and purple sweet potatoes into the Giving Garden🌱
These unique onions are easy to grow, perennial, and clump-forming making them well suited to home gardening. Bulbs and leaves can be eaten fresh or cooked, with both packing a strong onion flavour🧅
March 8, 2025 at 7:48 AM
These unique onions are easy to grow, perennial, and clump-forming making them well suited to home gardening. Bulbs and leaves can be eaten fresh or cooked, with both packing a strong onion flavour🧅
Yesterday our Work Integrated Learning volunteers from TUT split and packaged Egyptian walking onions (Allium x proliferum) and Zimbabwean ever-ready onions (Allium cepa 'Perutile') to distribute to 248 home and community food gardens through the ABBA Embrace Foundation's food garden campaign.
March 8, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Yesterday our Work Integrated Learning volunteers from TUT split and packaged Egyptian walking onions (Allium x proliferum) and Zimbabwean ever-ready onions (Allium cepa 'Perutile') to distribute to 248 home and community food gardens through the ABBA Embrace Foundation's food garden campaign.
Some incredible work from my colleague for his Culinary Arts practical demonstration turning snippets of my gardens into a vibrant salad🥗
March 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Some incredible work from my colleague for his Culinary Arts practical demonstration turning snippets of my gardens into a vibrant salad🥗
Scarlet rosemallow (Hibiscus coccineus) flowering in our rainwater attenuation dam. This semi-aquatic hibiscus is native to the Southeastern United States where it's found growing in wetlands such as swamps and marshes🌺
March 6, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Scarlet rosemallow (Hibiscus coccineus) flowering in our rainwater attenuation dam. This semi-aquatic hibiscus is native to the Southeastern United States where it's found growing in wetlands such as swamps and marshes🌺
Mini koeksisters with gingko nut crumb
Waterberry curd slices
Mini milk tartlets with rose-apple jam (5/5)
Waterberry curd slices
Mini milk tartlets with rose-apple jam (5/5)
March 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Mini koeksisters with gingko nut crumb
Waterberry curd slices
Mini milk tartlets with rose-apple jam (5/5)
Waterberry curd slices
Mini milk tartlets with rose-apple jam (5/5)
Lunch consisted of:
Pelargonium ice tea
Roasted cherry tomato and spekboom pesto bruschetta
Quickweed and feta spanakopita
Beef meatballs with marula dipping sauce
Salami and num num jelly sandwiches
Rustic vegetable galette with African thyme (4/5)
Pelargonium ice tea
Roasted cherry tomato and spekboom pesto bruschetta
Quickweed and feta spanakopita
Beef meatballs with marula dipping sauce
Salami and num num jelly sandwiches
Rustic vegetable galette with African thyme (4/5)
March 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Lunch consisted of:
Pelargonium ice tea
Roasted cherry tomato and spekboom pesto bruschetta
Quickweed and feta spanakopita
Beef meatballs with marula dipping sauce
Salami and num num jelly sandwiches
Rustic vegetable galette with African thyme (4/5)
Pelargonium ice tea
Roasted cherry tomato and spekboom pesto bruschetta
Quickweed and feta spanakopita
Beef meatballs with marula dipping sauce
Salami and num num jelly sandwiches
Rustic vegetable galette with African thyme (4/5)
As part of the Centenary Symposium for the University of Pretoria's Schweickerdt Herbarium and Manie van der Schijff Botanical Garden, we brought in undergrad students from the Department of Consumer and Food Sciences to create a lunch from ingredients harvested from our gardens (1/5)
March 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
As part of the Centenary Symposium for the University of Pretoria's Schweickerdt Herbarium and Manie van der Schijff Botanical Garden, we brought in undergrad students from the Department of Consumer and Food Sciences to create a lunch from ingredients harvested from our gardens (1/5)
Just a very wholesome day getting some of the novel crops from the collection into community gardens in Alexandra🌱
February 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Just a very wholesome day getting some of the novel crops from the collection into community gardens in Alexandra🌱
With the most ridiculous edible roots as well
January 31, 2025 at 11:58 AM
With the most ridiculous edible roots as well
Some very angry little wire chompers in the irrigation control boxes today
January 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Some very angry little wire chompers in the irrigation control boxes today
No beer like a field beer 🍻
January 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
No beer like a field beer 🍻
Plant 1 pushing out new buds, and plant 2 pushing its first bud. There's a good chance we'll get seed a lot quicker than I originally thought😬
January 26, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Plant 1 pushing out new buds, and plant 2 pushing its first bud. There's a good chance we'll get seed a lot quicker than I originally thought😬
9 weeks after being mailed to me and 4 weeks after planting, the first of the Adenium swazicum is flowering despite not being watered yet😬
January 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
9 weeks after being mailed to me and 4 weeks after planting, the first of the Adenium swazicum is flowering despite not being watered yet😬
*Very* fast growing seedlings as well😬
January 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
*Very* fast growing seedlings as well😬
Right, @adamwelz.bsky.social recommended I give this site a try so let's give it a second chance. Customary offering of (potato) flowers upon arrival
January 24, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Right, @adamwelz.bsky.social recommended I give this site a try so let's give it a second chance. Customary offering of (potato) flowers upon arrival
