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The green jewel of the east coast
21 October 202126 October 2021 Janette Bennett

The green jewel of the east coast

Eastern Cape, Environment, Garden, Trees, Wild things

Kwelera National Botanical Garden takes shape   We’re standing in the middle of a wetland deep in the cultivated portion of the Kwelera National Botanical Garden. But there is no water, just a thick covering of invasive solanum, ready to

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My top tips for chasing flowers
8 October 202110 October 2021 Janette Bennett

My top tips for chasing flowers

Ambles, Slow travel, Wild things

The flowers are fading, pulling on their seedy caps to sleep for another year. After a prolonged drought, it has been a magnificent year for flowers in Namaqualand and the West Coast. We were lucky enough to see some of

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Getting wild about a name
19 March 202122 March 2021 Janette Bennett

Getting wild about a name

Ambles, Eastern Cape, Slow travel, Wild things

Trans the Kei is where you find the real deal Whenever I hear anyone talk about the Wild Coast, I think of the 280km shoreline of the former Transkei in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, which stretches like a

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3 fabulous (and free) trails
5 February 20205 February 2020 Janette Bennett

3 fabulous (and free) trails

Ambles, Environment, Sustainable living, Wilderness

Being close to nature – especially walking through it – is the number one way that I sustain myself. It clears my busy head, fills me with energy and lifts my mood. Whether it’s the physical exertion or closeness to

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Go native
23 August 20126 December 2019 Under the milkwood

Go native

Eastern Cape, Environment, Garden, Trees, Wild things

Down here in South Africa, especially along the coast, we seem to have a perpetual fixation with palm trees. I know, I know … we’re trying to evoke a sense of being on a tropical island. Or something. But it’s

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A fish and fowl affair
25 July 201224 November 2019 Under the milkwood

A fish and fowl affair

Birds, Eastern Cape, Wild things

Maybe it is happening at last: two days ago, I watched a thick smudge of frenzied activity slide past in the sea. The gannets – must be thousands of them – were crazy, and the sea was foaming. It had

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The seagull and the cormorant
1 July 201224 November 2019 Under the milkwood

The seagull and the cormorant

Birds, Wild things

This may well be as esoteric as you’ll get to see me, but the idea is just too intriguing – and comforting after the death of Max – to ignore. Fiona comments that some Native American tribes believe that when

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Distractions and diversions
28 June 201221 November 2019 Under the milkwood

Distractions and diversions

Eastern Cape, Wild things

It is meant to be a quick drive to the shop to buy milk and bread. It turns into an excursion. The trouble is that I spot a pod of dolphins flowing lazily in the blue, blue waves, and I

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Mid-winter pleasures
21 June 201221 November 2019 Under the milkwood

Mid-winter pleasures

Garden, Wild things

It’s the winter solstice today here in the South. In theory, it’s the middle of winter. But it’s far from a typical winter day: in this summer-rainfall area, most of the morning has been wet and overcast. I pull on

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6 June 201224 November 2019 Under the milkwood

The wannabe lion and the toyi-toying cows

Garden, Wild things

The mommy bushbuck is visiting for a snack. She rests in the shade of the milkwood tree, her head peering over the teak table, while her baby watches from close by. I should be shooing them away – they’ll be

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