Morning All. Today we are back with the Erica series, as we are so crazy about them. They just buck the belief that fynbos is boring, don’t they. Their bright colors, tubes and applications destroying convention. Here is a quick recap on the Erica family: Erica (practically meaningless; probably not from ereiko, to break, as [...]
Harvest Preparation
For those of you who know a little more about wine than how to open the bottle and quaff away, you will know that its heading towards harvest time with serious vooma now. To keep you in the loop (and educate the rest of us) I sat down with our wine maker, Nikey, to see [...]
Fynbos Friday 12 : Protea Repens (The Sugarbush)
The Protea Repens is a true sugarbush and this sturdy, dense shrub produces fairly large flowers ranging in colour from cream to deep red either during summer or during winter, depending on the variant grown. It is an excellent addition to any “wild-life” garden as the large amount of nectar produced by the flowers attracts [...]
The LunchRunner Story
About a week ago we came across The Lunch Runner, just a normal guy, who has taken it upon himself to take requests and take you for a run outside, by having you select points along the route or items to photograph. Catch his adventures by following him on twitter here. Rob got onto the [...]
Fynbos Friday 11: The Blushing Bride
The Blushing Bride is part of our local folklore: few plant species can have had as much conflicting information written about them. One thing is certain, however! Botanically Serruria florida was officially discovered by Carl Thunberg in the Franschoek Mountains in 1773. It then disappeared from the scientific annals for over 100 years. From then [...]
Find us… everywhere!
As the farm grows from strength to strength, so does our online presence, which means more places you can find Haut Espoir online, in articles and with other suppliers. To give you a short taster, here is are a few places you may not have thought to find us, but yet, here we are; Here [...]
Fynbos Friday 10: Erica lexouriae
So it is no secret I am a big fan of the following plant family, Erica’s, and this week is a really rare flower we are focusing on. First, I think it is best to let you all know how special the genus Erica is…this from Dolf Schumann and Gerhard Kirsten, from their amazing book, [...]
Fynbos Friday 9 : Buchu
So it is no secret. I love buchu dearly. I live on it, munch fresh handfuls daily, drink the tea, make buchu brandy, cook with it, make vinegars for salad dressings out of it. Some people refer to me as the Buchu Koning. We even have a little culinary thing going with Annemarie, the culinary [...]
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