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April 20th, 2020
by Maranda Engelbrecht
Babylonstoren’s beetroot, freshly harvested, have revealed another dimension in terms of taste to me. They are super-sweet, ready ...
April 11th, 2020
We’re well into week three of the lockdown and most of us have settled into the new way of life, and are trying to ...
April 8th, 2020
This is a vegetable you either love or loathe. If the latter, it could be that your distaste originated in poor preparation. The aubergine ...
February 17th, 2020
To keep our garden in tip-top shape all year round requires many skilled hands, sharp secateurs and laborious hours of ...
January 29th, 2020
Franschhoek
has been offering good wine, scrumptious food and breathtaking vineyard views
for over 300 years – it’s no wonder the region is considered ...
December 9th, 2019
The Mother City is the place if you’re looking for family-friendly things to do over the festive season. While there’s no shortage of guides and ...
August 1st, 2019
The alluring smell of freshly roasted almonds and macadamia nuts have lured many farm visitors to our newly established Lekker Room. Here, our love for all things fresh, raw and organic is celebrated daily with a tasteful variety of nuts, brittles, rusks and granolas.
August 29th, 2018
What is the secret to happiness? If you were to ask Candide, the protagonist in Voltaire’s satire by the same name, it is that we ‘must cultivate our own garden’.
May 15th, 2018
Free-roaming chickens can often be spotted scratching in the garden and plucking pesky bugs off our farm produce. We have five different types of chicken here at Babylonstoren – Boschvelders and Potch Koekoeks in the garden, as well as the Leghorns, Araucanas and Lohmann Browns that are looked after by farmer Christo.
December 1st, 2017
Trompie and his svelte young wife Racheltjie are proud to announce the arrival of their firstborn, a dashing baby jack. The newest member of the family was born early yesterday morning in perfect health, with four hooves and two floppy ears.