Heart & Soil Homestead Shop
We're open 9-1 on weekends and can prepare pre-paid orders for pickup during the week.
Category
- Produce
- Workshops
- Our eBook
- Medicinal and perennial edible Plants
- Fruit Trees & Vines
- Indigenous
- Trees & Shrubs
- BSF, Worms & compost
- Grasses & Reeds
- Shade-loving plants
- Flowering plants
- Seedling Plugs
- Gifts
- Succulents
Rocket (30g)
R 20,00
Daikon radish
R 30,00
Gotu Kola (20g)
R 20,00
Goat's cheese (100g ball)
R 43,00
Summer Growing Part 2
Sunday 3 November, 10-11:30 While the first summer veg workshop was to get you prepped, the second part will look at how things are growing, check what we can improve, and make plans for the rest of the season.
R 250,00
Humanure Workshop: Zoom recording
This is the recording of the online humanure workshop that took place in 2023. If you're looking for first steps for your humanure journey, this is a great place to start. Link to the recording sent automatically on payment! Thanks.
R 80,00
How to Grow Vegetables in Cape Town - Ebook
How to build soil and learn about soil nutrients Practical tips for no-dig gardening in Cape Town Composting and adding fertility to your garden Sun, Wind, Water and Microclimates Low cost raised Vegetable Beds Specific growing tips for 25+ vegetables in Cape Town A grower's calendar for planting in our area. Once payment is confirm, I'll send a link via WhatApp to download the PDF.
R 125,00
Cape Honeysuckle (Tecomaria capensis)
"The powdered bark... is said to relieve pain and produce sleep" p174, People's plants
R 60,00
Camphor
Great windbreak pioneer. "The whole plant has a pleasant camphor-like odour, and was smoked as a narcotic by the earliest inhabitants of the Cape... Smoking the dried leaves in a pipe is sedative.
R 280,00
Arum Lily
The rhizome is large and eaten by wild pigs and porcupines, and the ripe fruit is enjoyed by birds. Traditionally the plant is boiled and eaten. Raw plant material causes swelling of the throat because of microscopic, sharp calcium oxalate crystals. The leaves are also traditionally used as a poultice and a treatment for headaches.
R 90,00
Oxalis
Oxalis is a large genus of herbs with small bulb-like structures below the ground. Leaves and roots are eaten raw or cooked.
R 60,00
Strawberry Plants
R 40,00
Dragonfruit Vine
R 120,00
Pomegranate Wonderful Tree
R 280,00
Carob Tree
10kg bag
R 280,00
Carissa Macrocarpa
Numnum/Amatungula
R 290,00
Aloe Vera
Aloe vera is a medicinal plant with antioxidant and antibacterial properties. Aloe vera benefits can include reducing dental plaque, accelerating wound healing, preventing wrinkles, and managing blood sugar.
R 140,00
Cape Ash
R 80,00
Syzigium cordata (Waterberry)
A dense evergreen indigenous tree that will attract birds to your garden and provide ample shade throughout the year. It is a fast grower that loves water.
R 80,00
Carissa Macrocarpa
Numnum/Amatungula
R 290,00
Euclea Racemosa
R 140,00
Cape Honeysuckle (Tecomaria capensis)
"The powdered bark... is said to relieve pain and produce sleep" p174, People's plants
R 60,00
Polygala Myrtifolia
R 140,00
Compost (large bag)
Local compost from Chris in Noordhoek. Cow manure-based.
R 40,00
Black Soldier Fly larvae (BSF)
Yoghurt container full of BSF, with a little substrate to keep them comfortable. Approx 500g fresh Larvae. The larvae can be fed as a protein source/treat to chickens at 10-20 larvae per day, and these larvae will last about 2 weeks. If kept in fridge, development will slow down and they can be kept a bit longer.
R 90,00
Worms
1L container of composting worms
R 150,00
Elegia tectorum 'Fish Hoek'
A dwarf form of the popular Cape Thatching Reed
R 60,00
Liriope "evergreen giant" Large
A popular evergreen garden solution for edging paths or underplanting around trees. During summer to autumn the foliage provides a perfect base to a profusion of violet-purple flowers held high on spikes. Will crowd out weeds and can spread to fill in bare spots..
R 140,00
Aristida junciformis nGongoni grass
R 60,00
Capeocloe cinta
Endemic grass, tall white flowers.
R 180,00
Forest lilly
Veltheimia bracteata
R 30,00
Hybrid canna lilly (non-invasive)
R 120,00
Maidenhair fern
R 90,00
Arum Lily
The rhizome is large and eaten by wild pigs and porcupines, and the ripe fruit is enjoyed by birds. Traditionally the plant is boiled and eaten. Raw plant material causes swelling of the throat because of microscopic, sharp calcium oxalate crystals. The leaves are also traditionally used as a poultice and a treatment for headaches.
R 90,00
Bromeliad
R 140,00
Justicia adhatodoides
R 200,00
Liriope "evergreen giant" Large
A popular evergreen garden solution for edging paths or underplanting around trees. During summer to autumn the foliage provides a perfect base to a profusion of violet-purple flowers held high on spikes. Will crowd out weeds and can spread to fill in bare spots..
R 140,00
Clivia
R 80,00
Cape Honeysuckle (Tecomaria capensis)
"The powdered bark... is said to relieve pain and produce sleep" p174, People's plants
R 60,00
Wild Garlic (Tulbaghia)
"The rhizomes and leaves of this indigenous garlic relative are widely used to treat fever, asthma and constipation." p134 People's plants
R 120,00
Agapanthus
R 30,00
Hybrid canna lilly (non-invasive)
R 120,00
Artichoke seedling
R 15,00
Moringa seedling
R 30,00
SQUASH - Baby Marrow/Zucchini
R 3,00
SQUASH - Butternut - Waltham
R 3,00
Hanging baskets- various!
Chris mixes plants in hanging baskets for a beautiful display.
R 150,00
Jeannette's Octopus Pot
Local potter Jeannette Thomas's gorgeous hand built octopus pot. Each pot is one of a kind.
R 1 200,00
Rene's Healing Balm
My first batch of healing balm made in Ocean View. Comfrey Balm for skin, muscles and joints Pain relief and relaxation with rosemary, lavendula and dry capsicum Plantain for wound healing and as a skin balm 100ml
R 81,00
Bulbine Natalensis
R 90,00
Aloe Vera
Aloe vera is a medicinal plant with antioxidant and antibacterial properties. Aloe vera benefits can include reducing dental plaque, accelerating wound healing, preventing wrinkles, and managing blood sugar.
R 140,00
Aloe
R 60,00
Euphorbia xanti
R 60,00
Crassula ovata
R 60,00
Beaucarnea recurvata (Ponytail palm)
R 80,00
Glottiphyllum longium (Tongue leaf plant)
Great for hardy groundcover and pathways.
R 60,00
Crassula arborescens 'curly grey'
As with some other members of Crassulaceae, the tree crassula is used in the treatment of epilepsy. The roots of Crassula arborescens subsp. arborescens are eaten in Swaziland where it is known as umchobozovithi.
R 140,00
Cotyledon orbiculata
R 60,00
Crasulla muscova
In hanging basket, sometimes with other plants included.
R 150,00
Cotyledon ground cover
R 60,00
Crasulla ovata variegata
Crassula ovata 'Variegata' is an excellent white and green variegated jade plant. It can also be grown as a specimen plant in rock, succulent or cactus gardens.
R 60,00
Crasulla sarmentosa
The Crassula sarmentosa is a succulent that forms a neat rounded plant with slightly toothed succulent leaves. In the cooler months the leaves turn an almost neon green with pink to red margins. It produces masses of light pink tiny flowers in sprays in the summer.
R 80,00
Crasulla ovata 'small leaf'
R 80,00
Aeonium so
R 80,00
Senecio barbertonicus
R 60,00
Aloe tenuor
A medium-sized, bushy plant that forms clumps up to 3 m tall, with leaves tufted at the ends of branches. The leaves have a distinctive greyish-green colour and the leaf margins have tiny white teeth. These leaves are a traditional remedy for tapeworm.
R 60,00
Bulbine abssynica
Bulbine abyssinica is often used in traditional medicine to treat dysentery, bilharzia and cracked lips. The bushy bulbine, Bulbine abyssinica, is a hardy, water-wise plant that offers a brilliant yellow display when in flower. Inflorescences with both flowers and fruit have an attractive bicoloured (yellow and black) appearance. For the best effect, plant this species in full sun together with other hardy, drought tolerant plants. Although B. abyssinica can tolerate regular watering, it does not require it.
R 60,00
Sceletium tortuosum
"the plant was likely to have been used by pastoralists and hunter-gatherers as a mood altering substance from prehistoric times.... elevates mood and decreases anxiety, stress, and tension...was once widely traded in the Cape" p172 People's Plants
R 60,00
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