Ockie and his wife, Gezina, manages a wholesale and retail nursery in the Brits area, North West. Ockie visited our Sakata Farmer’s Open day in February 2020 where our grass varieties and trials were on show. At the time, Ockie had three open fields at the nursery and...
MayFord Seed helps the community of Kingston Frost Park in Brixton, Johannesburg, to restore the grassveld in the park using the Biomosome™ Grassveld Reclamation Mix. The Biomosome™ Grassveld Reclamation Mix has increased the indigenous grass species and improved...
The MayFord veggie range is full of interesting, colourful and amazing veggies, but what would a veggie range be without a STRANGE VEGGIE?! MayFord’s Sweet dumpling squash might look a bit funny but is absolutely yummy!! This squash forms part of the MayFord mini...
The fruit is named Cape Gooseberry because it was first cultivated in the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa but is in fact native to Peru, and thus the binominal name Physalis peruviana. Also known as Inca berry, you can eat them fresh as a healthy snack, but Cape...
Sibaya is a ‘French Fine Bean’ and will bring a cordon bleu touch to any meal. It has been bred in Africa for African conditions. Sibaya yields a very attractive straight bean, with a shiny green colour. The uniformity of the beans is excellent. Disease...
Spring, the perfect time for sowing a new lawn! LM grass is indigenous to South Africa and is a grass which forms a beautiful dense lawn in shady and sunny areas. It is medium to dark green and blends well with kikuyu. Many people have lawns that consist of kikuyu in...
