Pumpkin Party

March 19th, 2015

It only took a short while for the pumpkin seeds, planted late last year, to grow into delicious plump, pumpkins. For months the garden team ...

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Visciously Delicious

March 4th, 2015

The bountiful late-summer produce from the farm includes a Babylonstoren favourite….prickly pears in all colours. Delicious, versatile and easy to grow from a single leaf ...

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A Guava Walk

August 9th, 2013

It’s the stories that hang on a tree that gives a garden its magic. These guava trees came from the other side of our valley as ...

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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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