Former Pretoria nurse uses sidewalk to plant vegetables
Former nurse Loraine Mfeka (71) from Pretoria uses a sidewalk to plant vegetables for everyone to enjoy.
When Loraine Mfeka from Pretoria retired as a professional nurse, she decided to clean up a sidewalk and plant vegetables.
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From a young age, she had a love for gardening and can remember how he grandmother used to grow produce.
This inspired her to keep planting and sharing her love for planting with her community.
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The first vegetable she planted was corn.
She pampers her plants with compost she makes herself. The plants are watered with a garden hose that she runs from the house across the road.
Mfeka visited the Scenic Drive to talk about her vegetable sidewalk.
"I give vegetables to my neighbours and everyone. It keeps me busy and healthy."
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