go! Platteland Magazine - Spring 2021

In this issue

In this issue of go! Platteland: Go all out with vegetables - No garden? Rent an allotment!, Peas: pick and enjoy them now, A lunar gardener reaps the rewards; 10 Years on - Simply Bee is flying high; Hops - The source of the bitterness in your beer; All hands on deck in Trompsburg; Photorealism - Artist Willem Pretorius shares new platteland ‘snapshots’from his book; Rouxville - An award-winning author returns to his roots; Poet Carina Stander - ‘We love it here in Tsitsikamma’.

In A Land Far, Far Away

Deep in the Tsitsikamma, safely ensconced in a lush, green, lively forest, wordsmith and visual artist Carina Stander lets her talents shine. Here, between the mountains and the sea, she and her family don’t give a thought to the bustle of the city.

8 mins

Plant Your Own ‘Smarties'

To fully appreciate the flavour of fresh peas at their absolute peak, there is no better way but to grow them yourself. You’ll have to wait for next winter, though, to try it.

4 mins

Life In The Past Lane

“It’s terrible, terrible to grow old and, Meneer, if you live long enough your time will come,” Afrikaans literary master Karel Schoeman once warned Herman Lategan. But now that he’s become a nostalgic old fool, Herman finds reminiscing about rural life in towns like Trompsburg strangely comforting.

6 mins

Where The Wildflowers Bloom

It’s that time of year again: over the past month Mother Nature has staged breathtaking displays of wildflowers in Namaqualand. Marie Labuschagne from Alberton recalls a previous flower tour.

1 min

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go! Platteland Magazine Description:

The slow life is the good life: go! Platteland celebrates the rural lifestyle and the entrepreneurial spirit of people whose hearts are in the platteland – whether they grew up in the countryside or are already based there, are contemplating making the move or simply hankering after the rural life. Platteland offers articles that focus on entrepreneurs, DIY projects, animals, gardening, food, towns and people. It is both practical and inspiring – as much of a visual feast as it is a celebration of great writing.