At Groenkol approximately 250 tonnes of rooibos is harvested annually in an eight-year crop rotational system. Willem Engelbrecht explains how the rotational system works. In the first year the rooibos is planted and in the second year it is cut at knee height. In year three to five the tea plants are harvested.
Willem en Ansie Loubser van Boesmanskop Boerdery buite Loeriesfontein se plaashek staan steeds oop, ondanks die genadelose droogte.
Gesogte Wagyu uit die wynland. Hulle wou eintlik net ‘n paar lekker steaks hê en toe’t hulle ewe skielik ‘n Wagyu-kudde op hande, vertel Pieter Rossouw, wingerdboukundige by Ken Forrester Wines. Ken, Pieter en vier vennote is mede-eienaars van Cape Wagyu, produsente van ‘n groot reeks Wagyu-beesvleissnitte.
“Proe hoe proe ‘n regte perske,” sê Dewald as hy in die bakkie terugklim. Ons wip-wip verder op die ongelyke grondpad terwyl Carlen vertel van haar nuwe CRF250 motorfiets wat ‘n keer onder haar uitgespring het. Dan wys sy ons waar ‘n swartwildebees eerder die geselskap van twee volstruise as sy eie rasgenote verkies.
Annabe en haar oorlede man, Kruger, het in 1991 op die plaas Zonnekwa begin boer. Hulle was voorheen aan die polisie op Kleinsee verbonde. Sy vertel dat hulle vrek swaargekry het. “Ons het nie eers ’n bakkie gehad nie, net ’n ou Mazda-karretjie, maar ons was saam en gelukkig,” sê sy. Hy is tien jaar gelede oorlede en sy het aangebly.
A popular way to remove invasive Acacia trees in South Africa is to fell, stack and burn them. But this can also lead to an increase in the abundance of non-targeted alien species (or secondary invaders) – even three years after a specific area has been cleared of acacias
A popular way to remove invasive Acacia trees in South Africa is to fell, stack and burn them. But this can also lead to an increase in the abundance of non-targeted alien species (or secondary invaders) – even three years after a specific area has been cleared of acacias
A popular way to remove invasive Acacia trees in South Africa is to fell, stack and burn them. But this can also lead to an increase in the abundance of non-targeted alien species (or secondary invaders) – even three years after a specific area has been cleared of acacias
A popular way to remove invasive Acacia trees in South Africa is to fell, stack and burn them. But this can also lead to an increase in the abundance of non-targeted alien species (or secondary invaders) – even three years after a specific area has been cleared of acacias
A popular way to remove invasive Acacia trees in South Africa is to fell, stack and burn them. But this can also lead to an increase in the abundance of non-targeted alien species (or secondary invaders) – even three years after a specific area has been cleared of acacias
