Consider the Lilies

February 28th, 2013

The appearance of the large pink trumpets of Amaryllis belladonna above the ground is nature’s signal that summer is changing to autumn.

During the hot, dry ...

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Koel Soos ‘n Komkommer

January 18th, 2013

Summer is a season for celebrating salads, and what is a salad without cucumber? Peek through the lush foilage in our greenhouse and experimental garden ...

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Ensalada de Nopales Recipe

November 23rd, 2012

We hosted a wedding for a Mexican couple at Babylonstoren recently, and our chef Simone came up with some unusual dishes, including one made from ...

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Bees & Ladders

November 1st, 2012

What’s the relationship between the busy-ness of the bees and the time people at Babylonstoren spend up a ladder?

Well, thanks to the bees’ ...

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Poppies Popping Up

October 30th, 2012

Poppies are popping up all over! Let’s make a palaver about the papawer 🙂




 

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Citrus Blossom in the Air

October 15th, 2012

Weren’t those sunshiny days last week an absolute treat? We’re starting to think that we can really say that spring has finally arrived. But if ...

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Sunshine!

August 17th, 2012

After all of the rain of the past few days the sun is shining on Babylonstoren today. And according to the weather report tomorrow will ...

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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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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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