People visiting the farm have been perplexed to see back plastic surrounding our quiver trees. These together with metre deep plastic walls underground, are measures we hope will ensure their survival. Quivers (koekeboome) are desert plants found in the Northern Cape and Namibia, and here on the farm they are in danger of rotting from within as a result of irrigation of our lawns. We hope our ‘boer-maak-n-plan” response is in time
The history of the quivers is interesting and sad. The previous farm owners lost a son in Angola and the family brought the 3 quivers back to commemorate him. We have taken the liberty of widening the commemoration to all those who have died in South Africa in pursuit of that needless war.
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