Daar is veertien uilhokke met nonnetjies-uile op Sorgvliet. “Hulle eet my muise en ek love hulle,” sê Izak met oorgawe. Hy klim ʼn boom uit soos Trompie om ʼn nonnetjies-uil en haar kuikens te vind. Maar die uilfamilie moes ongelukkig uittrek om vir ʼn byenes plek te maak.
Fritz Schoon het die afgelope dekade verskeie bakkerye en cafés geopen. Na ʼn uitdagende fase wou Fritz en sy vrou, Chanelle, hul sakemodel herdefinieer en vandag vlieg SCHOON brode en gebak landwyd van rakke af.
Neels en Natasha van Niekerk het in 2012 vanaf ‘n plaas buite Springbok na Kersbosvlei in die Hardeveld getrek. Met ‘n plaas in die Boesmanland, kén Neels van min reën en swaarkry, maar die huidige droogte beproef hom tot die uiterste.
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.
Hermanus Potgieter decided to start breeding with the notoriously ill-tempered and dangerous buffalo in 2010. The first buffalo bull and cows were purchased from Addo National Park because they were disease-free. Since then, bulls with an East Africa bloodline have been acquired, such as the current bull, Pharaoh, with a horn length of 47cm. Suffice to say that Pharaoh cost the equivalent of a king’s ransom. Buffalo are known for their unpredictable and deadly temper. “You definitely don’t come near a buffalo unless it’s been darted,” says Danie.
While in his office, Hennie hooks me up to the Rife scanner to scan my system for parasites. “It doesn’t look too bad,” he proclaims after a few minutes. I spot a few unwelcome internal guests on the report but Hennie brushes it off. “Be grateful you don’t have slugs in you!”
Bloomia is an exceptional agricultural “business in a building” that grows imported tulip bulbs for the local cut flower market. The production is 100% hydroponic and delivers tulips all year round. It is not only one of a kind in Africa, but one of only a handful in the world that farm hydroponic tulips all year round.
