• Cape Town woman Thembisa Kulana said she started backyard farming after contracting COVID-19
• He improved his health after planting spring onions, spinach, carrots, cauliflower, rosemary and other herbs and vegetables
• Thembisa also completed a two-week course after discovering an agricultural training program that improved her skills

Thembisa Kulana, a former laundry worker, contracted COVID-19 in 2022, which caused her to leave her job. However, all was not lost for Cape Town woman who improved her life and health with home grown herbs and vegetables.

Backyard farming improves women’s health

Conformable Food For MzansiThembisa, who lives in the commune Khayelitsha in Cape Townshared that after resigning to focus on her health, she turned to backyard gardening, planting green onions and spinach.

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The woman, who lives with a chronic illnessstated:

“I only sell on request spinach and spring notice. Otherwise, this garden is for me and my family.”

He started prioritizing his health by eliminating junk foodimproving his family’s diet and saving money on groceries.

Raking agricultural knowledge

After discovering an agricultural training program through Abalimi Bezekhaya and through a two-week course, Thembisa learned many skills, such as tending to his crops, enriching sandy soil and turning vegetable scraps into fertiliser.

She shared with the aforementioned publication:

“Before, I used to buy animal manure and it was expensive. Now I make my own bokashi from vegetable scraps, which works perfectly with our sandy soil.”

Thembisa has since expanded her garden, adding letters, pears, mint, rosemary, carrots and cauliflower, which help stabilize blood pressure and reduce trips to the hospital.

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The Cape Town woman notes that living with a chronic illness has taught her to include vegetables in her diet, adding:

“I’ve seen improvements since I started growing my own food.”

Woman turns job loss into thriving farm

In another story, News in brief reported about a young woman from Durban which turned unemployment into an opportunity by starting a small-scale organic farm.

The woman grew a variety of fresh produce, including potatoes, eggplant, green peppers, onions and spinach.

Source: News in brief