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RECIPE: Baked Goat’s Cheese with Honey & Thyme

May 23rd, 2017

As the weather cools the herbs in the garden is thriving. The thyme is looking exceptional, and a trusty cooking companion for the autumn kitchen's more warming dishes.

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How do you like them apples?

May 9th, 2017

Winter Pearmain, a delicious apple variety, is an ancient fruit grown here in our garden under the watchful eye of Oom Anton Roux. For many years he ran his own nursery, where he propagated and grew varieties of old-fashioned gems.

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RECIPE: Salt-baked beetroot with candy stripe beetroot & horseradish crème fraîche

April 25th, 2017

In the old days, beetroot was quite ordinary – cooked and served as a salad with sweet vinegar, or commercially pickled, causing everything else on the plate to turn red.

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Babel’s Autumn Offering

April 19th, 2017

In Autumn the garden alters: at first the ripple of muted colour that transforms into ochre, orange, red and brown. Against this backdrop of colour, pine and eucalyptus stand tall and green.

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Bugs: The good, the bad & the ugly

April 11th, 2017


Some bugs are good for our gardens, some bad, says resident bug expert Arné Stander.



Some six-legged creatures are vital when ...

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