“Wow!” I stopped in my tracks, when we reached the wicker enclosure behind the main building that served as the abode of Milly May and her young’uns. “Is it my imagination, or have they grown?” “Nope, they’re definitely larger than last weekend!” “At this rate, they’re not going to fit into that gap underneath the…

After a week that revolved entirely around the spectacular Cape Town Military Tattoo 2010 at the Castle in central Cape Town, we finally had an opportunity to visit the Millstone Farmstall in Oude Molen Eco Village again. (If you don’t know about this place, have a look at the links below.) I took the camera…

“Have you seen the chicken?” “No, which chicken?” “The one who’s sitting on Milly’s piglets.” “Oh?! Seriously?” “Yes, come, I’ll show you.”

When I visited the Millstone Farmstall this afternoon, I saw this notice up on the wall: Last year, I had written about the possibility that Oude Molen might ‘disappear’ sometime soon (see here). It looks like this might actually happen. A sickening thought. Is anyone going to that meeting? If you are, please tell me…

Before the start of the beautiful, sad and heartwarming memorial service for Lulama yesterday afternoon at the Millstone Farmstall in Oude Molen Eco Village, I ambled down to the wetland from where you have such a heart-opening and mind-expanding view of our city.

Attending the memorial service for Lulama this afternoon at the Millstone Farmstall in Oude Molen Eco Village, reminded me of why I love going there so much: Linda and Paul, and Jochi the chef, and all the young men and women working in the store and behind the scenes in the kitchen, take the word…

We popped over to our favourite local farmstall, the Millstone in Oude Molen Eco Village, for a cup of coffee, and found ourselves sitting in the appropriately named Red Room, in front of a crackling fire. The wind was a bit blustery outside, which made it too nippy to sit at the rustic wooden tables…

These two youngsters were clearly feeling a bit frisky today, because they suddenly started to have a little play fight. It looked like little brother was giving big brother a hard time, nipping at him, and even landing a kick or two. But I think it was all in good fun!

A brisk cold wind is gusting across the Flats today, swirling the clouds over the mountains and shaking the autumn-coloured leaves loose from their branches. Even though the sun is shining, it feels cold and chilly – winter is definitely approaching. I need to clear my head after working on the computer for a few…

In her comment on a recent post of mine about the chickens of Oude Molen, my blogfriend Kathy got very hungry when I told her about the amazing quiches served at the Millstone Farm Stall. So I promised her that I would post a picture… although this may make her even more hungry. … Um……

It’s been a while since I wrote anything about my favourite place in Cape Town – the Oude Molen Eco-Village (see the sidebar for my previous posts). So I thought I’d make up for that now by sharing some photos of the many, many chickens who call this place their home. I love popping in…