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RONDEBOSCH COMMON IS ON FIRE! HOORAY!!
Late summer in Cape Town and smoke hangs over Rondebosch Common. It’s the usual scene: flashing red lights, grim-faced firefighters, crowds of anxious onlookers. And me: jumping up and down like an over-excited kangaroo shouting “Let it burn! Let it burn!” Of course...
FYNBOS IN AUTUMN: TIME OF PLENTY
Like a big hot engine that’s just been switched off, Cape Town’s dry summer begins to cool down in March. It’s still warm at times – often extremely – but clouds are hovering on the horizon and subtle movements are afoot in the fynbos. Plants have withstood the...
FYNBOS IDENTIFICATION FOR BEGINNERS: FOUR EASY STEPS
Let’s first get the bad news out of the way: identification of fynbos plants is not easy. There are, as you know, thousands of plant species in the mountains of the Western Cape and they come from many different families – some of which you know (like the Iris, Daisy...