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Life & Energy on Waterkloof

Published on Tuesday, 28 July 2020 08:36 Category: Plants, Waterkloof

With the arrival of our winter rains, the plant world has been thriving on Waterkloof. To further encourage this growth, the Waterkloof team prepared two biodynamic preparations, BD500 and CPP, for spraying on the fields. These preparations both work on the health and fertility of the soil and encourage...

Resurrection Tea: the first taste test

Published on Monday, 16 April 2018 09:18 Category: Plants

On the 27th and 28th of February 2018, the NEPAD SANBio Network supported by the BioFISA II Programme hosted its second Annual Event at the CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria. As a SANBIO BioFISA II funded project, the Resurrection bush herbal tea project was invited to exhibit. The...

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Chasing across Limpopo & Zimbabwe in search of a tree

Published on Thursday, 1 February 2018 08:28 Category: Plants

By Avril Harvey Part I Driving through the Karoo in the Western Cape in the early hours of the morning I had a surfeit of time to think about the project we were embarking on. We were heading to Limpopo and Zimbabwe on a 10 day trip to look...

Myrothamnus: embarking on a new venture

Published on Tuesday, 7 November 2017 12:16 Category: Plants

Parceval is set to embark on a new venture together with Bio-Innovation Zimbabwe to bring a novel product to the market: a tea made from Myrothamnus flabellifolia. Parceval and Bio-Innovation Zimbabwe have been granted R1 million in seed funding from the Finnish/ South African Partnership, BIOFISA II to...

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New beginnings on Waterkloof Farm

Published on Tuesday, 7 November 2017 12:16 Category: Plants

The Agathosma betulina seedlings looked fragile against the dark earth as they were planted. Yet this shrub, commonly known as Buchu, is hardy once it has taken root and needs little care, making it ideal for the upper slopes of our organic farm, Waterkloof. Earlier this year the farm...

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Life & Energy on Waterkloof

Resurrection Tea: the first taste test

Chasing across Limpopo & Zimbabwe in search of a tree

Myrothamnus: embarking on a new venture

New beginnings on Waterkloof Farm

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