I’ve recently been coming across dung beetles in the house and the garden on Fairview, which is a great sign for our estates’ ecosystem.
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Author Archives: Justine Langford
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Yes! It’s that time of year again where we can start enjoying this beautiful, juicy fruit. Do litchis not trigger thoughts of summer and Christmas for you? Or is it just me?
Litchis, also called lychees (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) are subtropical fruit native to China. The fruit develops in clusters on sizable evergreen trees, requiring six to eight years to reach full production. Litchi trees thrive with ample moisture and well-drained soil.
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I have been growing my own carrots at Fairview for a while now and there is nothing more satisfying than seeing the bright orange top of a juicy carrot sticking out of the soil, indicating it’s ready to be harvested. Mostly, the carrots that come out are an odd shape and don’t have the nice […]
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Do you have a veggie garden or are you looking at starting one? If so, what type of vegetable garden would you like? You may be thinking what do you mean, “what type of veggie garden do I want, it’s not that hard, you just plant a few veggies in your garden and voila, you […]
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Have you noticed these funny, neck bopping birds running (or flying) around the farm? They’re often hanging around and seem to be growing in numbers. Guinea fowl are native to Africa. The most common ones we see are from the Numidinae family. The typical look of the helmeted guinea fowl is a featherless face with […]
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Cucumbers are a crunchy, clean, and deliciously healthy fruit, well, according to the culinary world, they’re considered a vegetable. They grow beautifully in our tropical climate here in sunny KZN, they thrive when the weather is hot and there is a lot of water. Cucumbers grow in two forms, vining and bush. Vining cucumbers normally […]
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I recently came across a family of 7-8 bushpigs on my way home one night on Golovane Road. As I often drive very slowly at night, as I almost always see something interesting, they didn’t hear me coming and when they would normally shoot off into the bush, they stayed in the road for a […]
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Gloriosa modesta, previously Littonia Modesta Common name: Geelklokkies, Yellow Bells or Climbing Lily In October 2020, Dudley Wang and his friend, and amateur Botanist, were on their way up to have a look at Dudley’s Macadamia orchard when his friend yelled out in excitement to stop the car. After exiting the car and making her […]