Zantedeschia Aethiopica is a flower we all know. Arum lilys are beautiful and warm the heart. In our last installment of the medicinal plants before we welcome back Rob to more regular fynbos from the farm itself (he is always working on introducing new fynbos to Haut Espoir) we wanted to do something gorgeous. The [...]
Fynbos Friday 25: HELICHRYSUM SPECIES
Continuing last weeks theme of medicinal fynbos, this week has seemingly been an amazingly busy week for most. Maybe its the end of the month looming, that time of the year where parents are juggling kids and extreme work pressure or perhaps we are just filling our lives with too much. Either way, here at [...]
Tasting Biodiverse Wines
I came across a fabulous article on the Spill.co.za site that mentioned some of our `07 Sauvignon Blanc. Check it out… This week I looked for something different to do and asked David Wibberly of The Bordeauxroom to come up with a theme for us. This is what David does – he organises personalised tastings [...]
Fynbos Friday 24: CYCLOPIA GENISTOIDES (Honeybush Tea)
Common name: honeybushtea, kustee, heuningtee For a while I struggled to find information on this one that was relevant to a Friday. I wanted to do something more than a plant description for you. I found something I think you are really going to like. First off, let’s go through the description: Rounded shrub, leafy [...]
Red Rock Rabbits
In the year 2000 we began a major overhaul of the farm and its environs. The first to go were our unwelcome and thirsty invasive aliens. The next step was to combat any soil erosion due to the removal of forested areas. Then followed a massive undertaking, almost seven thousand individual seedlings of Erica, Protea [...]
Fynbos Friday 23: Notobubon Galbanum
Description Notobubon galbanum is a woody evergreen shrub, up to 2.5 m high. Leaves arranged along the upper parts of the branches, compound; leaflets ± rhomboidal, toothed and sometimes 3-lobed, green above and glaucous below. Flowers small, yellow, borne in large, rounded compound umbels on a relatively short peduncle. Fruit dry, dorsally flattened with narrow [...]
Featured Restaurant: HQ
Headquarters is situated on Heritage Square, Cape Town, in the city centre and is loosely based on the famous Parisian restaurant, Le Relais de L’Entrecote, in its homage to meat. Headquarters offers a single straight forward menu: salad, sirloin and chips. The single-minded restaurant concept is a breath of fresh air when compared to the [...]
Fynbos Friday 22: Tritoniopsis Triticea
Its Good Friday today and what better way to celebrate than with another stunning fynbos friday. I know you are all on holiday but this is up for you anyway, for you to come back to on Tuesday. Happy Easter! As you can see, today we have a bright red, spiky-looking flower growing among the [...]
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