For those following my story, on this blog, I have been deterred so many times just trying to be self -sustainable off the land I traded for using various systems of trade and proxy. I figured what I loved doing the most when I worked in the company I resigned from, was actually the simple act of foraging in the garden for leaves and flowers for a tea and sharing it with my fellow workers 
So, when I resigned, I decided to trade for the land I use at Pirates and to firstly, grow my own food, and then my medicine or teas and share that.
Along this journey, I sold out in before the first summer of the first garden came, and had to relocate the garden, just as I was getting the tea plants to grow more, and start again. I started again, which brought new people into the garden. One of them is now my boss or investor or mentor, time will tell. He has an interest in self-sustainability and living off-grid comfortably, and has invested, not only in the Pirates garden, but also out in the Lebombo / also known as the Ingwenya mountain range near the Oshoek border post of Swaziland and South Africa. It is still on the South African side of the border, so no need for a passport if you are South African These are some images from my first trip out there.
The accommodation include a gas powered stove top and shower, with toilet.
My accommodation is set in the cliff-side on a wooden deck, with draping tents as walls and a corrugated rooftop. I have a comfortable big bed too with storage units under it. We will be needing volunteers to assist in building more of these platforms for accommodation for a while, as this is quite an impressive few hectares of land to food forest. Please contact me if you want to assist. 072 146 9017
Here is already sugarcane, papaya, mango, olive, litchi, berry and more growing for a few years… and the gardener has done a PDC course – which I have not, so this will be interesting as I will be farming the plants I used to make teas and teaching the people about my teas and how to connect to the garden, well hopefully, that as well, as we grow together. Firstly, the land has been in drought for over 2 years, so we dig alot and take water from the mountain literally I am learning alot about the earth I have danced with for so long, and deeply grateful that so many of my favorite fruits can already be tasted in December.
This is Yarrow – used as an antiseptic in soaps and teas, can be used as a wound wash as a tea or ingested and very safe for anyone, including children
The Lebombo Mountains, also called Lubombo Mountains are an 800 km long, narrow range of mountains in Southern Africa. They stretch from Hluhluwe in KwaZulu-Natal in the south to Punda Maria in the Limpopo Province in South Africa in the north. Part of the mountains are also found in Mozambique and Swaziland. This is mostly still tribal land
Plantain – on of the edible weeds at pirates is found growing next to the river here…
THE FOLLOWING IMAGES ARE OF THE FOUNTAIN GARDEN I WILL BE USING TO GROW MY TEAS AND HERBS IN. I will need volunteers here too – please contact me if you are interested in spending some time learning and growing in this space with me,
love and light
Netanya
0721469017
nntreasure@gmail.com
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