Back for another week, and today we are going to be talking nitrogen, soil erosion, etc etc. But firstly, did everyone go out and get an Erica Versicolor this week? The Otholobium family are shrubs and herbaceous perennials. Belonging to the Sweet Pea family, we at Haut Espoir are fond of the Otholobium for 2 [...]
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 5 : The China Flower
Another Fynbos Friday, and another beautiful flower that I (webmaster) would personally never have imagined to be a bush, but that’s why Rob educates us all every Friday. Back to the good stuff…. This week were dealing with a very close relative to the Buchu plant, Adenandra marginata (or villosa)…there is some speculation within my [...]
Cape Cobra Release
On Friday we had a pretty busy day with regards our reptilian friends in the Valley. One Olive House Snake, and then this bugger. Quite annoyed at the treatment it received from a few farm workers, fortunately it appears that there was no major damage to the snake and I managed to snap these few [...]
Fynbos Friday 4 : The Protea Scabra
Last week we had the King Protea, a magnificent part of the Fynbos family. This week we move onto The Protea Scabra, which is possibly one of the most fantastic looking plants I have ever seen. So we turn our attention to the man with the knowledge, Rob… This week’s installment takes a quick turn [...]
Haut Espoir on Tripadvisor.com
When we talk business at the farm, there is usually a glass of wine involved. Two weeks ago was just such an occasion. Rob and myself were talking about the Fynbos Walks he wants to do more of in summer. Rob is passionate about fynbos like Riaan Cruywagen is passionate about the news. Testament to [...]
Fynbos Friday 3 : King Protea
Protea Cynaroides King Protea Instead of one image today, we have an entire gallery, so please click through the pictures to your right… Apart from being our national flower, and on the chests of our sporting heroes, this is one of my personal favourites on the farm, certainly when flowering this species has the most [...]
Uncorked memories and the Zinkstilettos
I am having a cracking morning behind the desk, getting the new labels signed off and furiously attempting to crunch as much admin as possible before the big Uncorked weekend coming up. In my mind I am tasting the prawns and shiraz from Lynx right now. And with all the gees that’s building up for [...]
What a soon to be billionaire gets up to
So I went for a quick little walk, the phones aren’t busy and the tasting room is dead, dead quiet. I was bombing around my daily dose of internets, on one of my regular reads I came across this and entered the 2Oceansvibe competition where you can win a ga jillion Rand, and the real [...]
Rugby Supporters in the hoek. Come on BOKKE!
Come on BOKKE! 09:00 Tomorrow morning. I am itching to get James into Rugby tomorrow. He will be plied with Biltong (the age old Karoo Dummy) and a virgin Jon Deere (just crème soda) and Im going to teach him a magnificently fun game called fetch Daddy beer! His Godfather Neil will be proud to [...]
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