What’s natural and organic at the SA Cheese Festival 2010
Bright green wasabi-flavoured goats cheese, juicy organic olives, oh-so creamy cheeses made from the milk of grass-fed cows - clear your diaries everyone, the SA Cheese Festival is coming! more
Sunny Side Up! A visit to Spier’s Biodynamic Farm
Remember that old Farmer Brown ad: 'They taste so good, 'cause they eat so good'? It turns out that a diet of grubs, grass, grain, fresh air and sunshine makes the tastiest chickens of all. On 6 March 2010 a group of Slow Fooders visited Spier to learn more about their biodynamic farming methods. more
Kirstenbosch Garden Fair 2010
This annual fundraising event supports Kirstenbosch development projects and is a showcase for South Africa’s indigenous flora especially grown to offer gardeners a unique opportunity to acquire a wide range (some 500+ species) of trees, Proteas, shrubs, Buchus, herbaceous perennials, succulents, Ericas, Restios, bulbs, Cycads, etc. and other rare and unusual plants for collectors. more
Backsberg biodiversity walk, picnic and wine-tasting
Backsberg Winery is a place I've visited several times - first to find out what they've been doing to earn... more
Old Cape Wine Festival 2010
A one-day wine festival in the Far South, taking place at Imhoff Farm near Kommetjie. more
Cape Town Picnic Guide 2009: Wine Estates
It's summer in the city (or very nearly) and that means it's time for afternoons spent lazily lunching on lawns, soaking up our bountiful Cape sunshine. Over the next few weeks we'll be bringing you a collation of the many picnic opportunities our city and its surrounds has to offer... And this week we're focusing on laid-back, laid-on lunch picnics on wine estates. more
Epic hiking and ambitious conservation on the menu at Green Drinks (Newlands) tonight…
I absolutely love the sound of what's on at Green Drinks (the Newlands version) this evening... and if you're into hiking, conservation and a time-out from the helter-skelter of modern living, you will too. more
2009 National Park Week: free entry for all SA citizens
In celebration of 2009's National Park Week (I had no idea there was such a thing), SANParks has announced that all South Africans will have free access to national parks for one week running from 14-20 September. more
In search of small producers and artisan cheesemakers at the SA Cheese Festival 2009
The 2009 SA Cheese Festival was on this weekend (24-27 April) and I went along on the first day (a... more
Cape Town’s best autumn food festivals
Ah, Autumn, season of mists and mellow fruitfulness... and cheese, and wine and olives, and all those good things that... more
A veritable feast: enjoying the perfect picnic at Buitenverwachting
I had the pleasure, recently, of being invited to a picnic at Buitenverwachting Estate in Constantia. I'd been doing some research... more
Experience biodiversity and fireflies in Kirstenbosch this November
Earlier this year, in February, I went on a star walk in Kirstenbosch - an evening walk into the gardens... more
Here comes the weekend! What’s on in and around the Mother City (03 October ’08)
My, but there's a busy weekend ahead... So much to choose from, and only so many hours in a day.... more
Would you make use of an organic vegetable garden allotment?
These days, more and more people are considering growing their own vegetables. There's no substitute for freshly picked garden produce... more
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