The New Year is here, and with it the sense of needing to reflect, take stock and make plans for the coming 12 months. With hardly time to take a br…
I love to take photos. I thought I'd share some of the ones I've taken lately around the farm These first two are of an area that has been …
I'm very excited about the arrival today of our new batch of plants. As I've mentioned recently, winter is a great time for planting at Swal…
Apart from picking, the main winter activity on the protea farm for us is planting. Proteas are characterised by a special root system. They have d…
Welcome to winter on the farm! It's a little chilly, and quite wet, but its a beautiful season. There are many proteas that flower right throug…
Summer is the time when King Proteas are in bloom. These flowers really are the "kings" of the protea world, opening up to the size of dinn…