The best peach recipes and preserves
Bottle, baking or preserving peaches is part of a tradition older than many of the farms themselves.
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The town built around a monthly journey to church
The church standing today is the grand successor to the modest building around which Calitzdorp first formed. The reason for the town’s emergence is wonderfully practical: people needed somewhere closer to gather, and Calitzdorp grew from that need, one returning wagon at a time.