Earlybird Catches the Worm!

May 31st, 2012


Every morning at 05h00 Karen the Baker starts baking all the bread available at Babylonstoren after taking the embers out of the wood fired ...

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Hard Workers

May 29th, 2012

Please meet the hard workers, without whom we couldn’t get our honey into our bottles, and into the farm shop!


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Young Waterblommetjies

May 25th, 2012

A perfect accompaniment to the cold, wet Cape winter weather is a warm pot of waterblommetjiebrede, made with the flowers of a waterlily plant – ...

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Cordially Yours

May 21st, 2012

You may already know that the themes of the menus at Babylonstoren revolve around what is in season in our garden, and with over 300 ...

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Next up: Naartjie Mampoer

May 18th, 2012

About a year ago, our winemaker, Charl Coetzee, was tasked with setting up and running the Babylonstoren distillery. The distillery is now all set up ...

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Winter Menu Coming Soon

May 16th, 2012

Every season, we change our menu at Babel restaurant. And since the winter is just around the corner, it is almost time to do so ...

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Our Edible Garden

May 11th, 2012

Our4 ha vegetable garden really is the heart of  the Babylonstoren farm.  Each one of the 300 varieties of fruit and vegetables grown there is ...

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Winter Warmth

May 9th, 2012


Slowly but surely, winter is approaching, and when it’s chilly like this , we can’t think of a better way to beat the winter ...

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Early Morning on the Farm

May 4th, 2012

There’s nothing as lovely as an early morning on the farm after a few days of rain, with everything looking and smelling so nice and ...

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