Rooibos
Who ever said a country lifestyle is simple, never lived on a farm.
Some days are good, others are better and then some days are the pits!
Kitchen
With no miracles from a packet and shopping maybe once a week, we cook up a storm with what we have guided by a few of Ouma's recipes and a creative mind.
Plaas Joernaal
The memory lane for visitors to the farm in Afrikaans.
Sommige goed kan net in moeders taal gesê word!
Huge Online Income
To sustain a certain lifestyle you need an Income accordingly. Technology makes distance go away - Eureka!
Home is where the heart is, even in the middle of nowhere
Where is the middle of nowhere exactly?
white rain daisies and tiny yellow button daisies,
blue flax and pink nemesis
winecups, sparaxis,
lachenalias and babianas
colourful vygies,
watsonias, and fields of orange and yellow “stink-kruid"
Regions
- Clanwilliam - Capital
- Citrusdal
- Elandsbay
- Graafwater - Nearest to the farm
- Leipoldtville
- Lambertsbay
- Wupperthal
Thing to do and see in Clanwilliam
Kookfontein
The Farm: After a huge veld fire where most of the fynbos was burnt, my father-in-law purchased the farm in 1999, which opened the way for him to establish it as a Rooibos-producing farm. Rooibos is also fynbos and indigenous to the area but, to harvest it in a sustainable and profitable manner, you need to plant it in a controlled environment. Equal rows of wild fynbos and Rooibos are planted. The Rooibos is then more protected against the wind and the fynbos serve as a deterrent against insects.
The House:
The house we came to find, was built in 1904. It was built with stone and a mixture of husks and clay. The house also has a loft area. There was no running water or sanitary facilities in the house. The previous owners were 89 and 90 years of age. Their only toilet was a long drop, 80 meters up a hill from the house and apparently when the old lady of the house couldn't walk up there anymore, the old timer used to push her up there with a wheelbarrow. My father-in-law created water supply in the house from a fountain situated about 90 meters away. "No pushing with a wheelbarrow thank you!"