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Our Table Grapes

February 7th, 2012

We’re enjoying monitoring the progress of our table grapes on the farm, where we have 18 different varieties, planted  in a pattern of ripening, from ...

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Owl Spotting

February 2nd, 2012

As is the case at any farm, we have to deal with gerbil and mouse populations, and of course, we’d like as natural a solution ...

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Experiments with Watermelons

January 25th, 2012


We were a little surprised to come across this odd object in our garden, but all was revealed by the art director of Visi Magazine, ...

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Pruim Mampoer

November 17th, 2011

Our distillery is almost ready to start work, so we’ve begun preparing prunes harvested from our trees before firing up our kettle for the first ...

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Growing Tomatoes

October 21st, 2011

This was written by Constance-Marie Hugo, an inhouse gardening student doing a practical at Babylonstoren for 6 months. Contance-Marie’s particular interest is gardening with edible plants, ...

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