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There's mistletoe in this story - but it isn’t the Christmas-card kind
When the Karoo’s library travelled by train
The Christmas when Colesberg almost fought over the potatoes
What are scientists looking for beneath the Karoo?
Was this really the Karoo’s best season since the 1970s?
SAWS urges summer preparedness - even where the rain is still falling
Farming & Environment
There's mistletoe in this story - but it isn’t the Christmas-card kind
The Christmas sprig has symbolised the mistletoe, usually indoors and detached from the branch that fed it. The southern African story includes a bird feeding and a second plant concealed among the leaves.
What are scientists looking for beneath the Karoo?
Was this really the Karoo’s best season since the 1970s?
SAWS urges summer preparedness - even where the rain is still falling
What happens to a succulent after the police seize it?
Growing skills and community roots in three Karoo towns
The living crust under our feet
Karoo Lifestyle
Culture & Heritage
When the Karoo’s library travelled by train
The trains had freight to move and timetables to keep. Along the way, railway workers made room for books that changed hands, their bindings failing, in a small, isolated world of readers looking for something they had not read.
The Christmas when Colesberg almost fought over the potatoes
What happened to the quince?
How the Sunday roast became a South African ritual
Why we keep planting roses
The water that built Loxton, and the flood that broke it
