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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Wild Birds

March 8th, 2012


We inherited a 150 year old weeping mulberry tree with our garden, and when planning the layout, we decided to establish as central to ...

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Planting a forest

September 7th, 2011

If you visit Babylonstoren now and take a stroll down to the dam at the far end of the farm, you’ll notice a new woodland ...

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