Archive | 2010

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 [...]

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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, [...]

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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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