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Meuse Farm, 56 Valley Road, Hout Bay (2025)

25/04/2025

Meuse box 27

It's our last veg of the season! The farm is getting tidied for winter with cover crop all seeded, some beds composted, and one big round of weeding next week. We're dumping the invasive Lantana we've taken out of the river, cleaning up pots and prop trays and generally getting ready for quieter times.

Next Weds, 30 May will be the last delivery of veg til spring. In the box, Shish*to and Padron frying peppers, mixed eggplant, beautiful rainbow chard and an Angel hair spaghetti squash.

Our Deli will still be running over most of winter and from the second week of May, Caitlin will be sending out deli boxes. Yummy warming curries, soups, sauces and more.

Order by Sunday, 27 April for collection/delivery (Atlantic Seaboard, CBD, Southern Suburbs) on Weds 30 April.

24/04/2025

Grains 🌾!

There are certain areas of the farm that simply make no money but bring great joy, curiosity, and fun. This season, I bunched those crops all together, gave them no compost to cut costs, and watched them grow. Amongst those crops, trials of a few different grains- 2 x sorghums, teff, millet, quinoa, 2 x wheat.

The quinoa was brilliant orange and beautiful in late summer but yielded no grains. The wheat went too weedy as we were busy with other things and struggled (though we will put more effort in next year). The millet was seeded late and didn't flourish but we got a decent amount off a few plants. The sorghum and teff did well and wow is teff just romantically stunning.

Today and our current Silwood intern Emily tasted the Coral and Bai Ye Qi sorghums plus our sweet sorghum, white teff, and Dragon millet as cooked grains, batter turned to pancakes, and grain milled to be tried in various baked forms.

Next season, the plan is to swap out our one block in full summer cover crop for a summer grains block. It doesn't make us any money (other than the investment in happy bacteria and soil for future seasons) so anything we can generate off some grains is a plus. One step closer to a farm meal comprised 💯 of farm veg, grains, protein, drink.

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21/04/2025

Meuse box 26

Hope you're having a good long weekend! You've got until this evening (Monday 21st) to order this week's box. The farm is definitely winding down now and this will be the second to last veg box of the season. We will continue with a deli box for a few months and then, a break!

Fields are sprouting with green cover crops with the big remaining tasks to seed what was our tomatoes, underseed/seed the brassicas, and give a little winter compost mulch to our flowers. Sunflowers and sweet sorghum have resprouted in what was their area this season and what will be early spring crops. It seems a shame to mow them down now so, once they flower, we will cut, compost and put to bed for winter.

In this late April box- Shish*to and green Goddess peppers. The first is a frying pepper the second a fresh eating or pickling. Then a mix of delicious eggplant, sweet leeks, and an Angel hair spaghetti squash.

Order via link in bio/our website tonight for delivery/collection (Atlantic Seaboard, CBD, Southern Suburbs to Muizenberg) Weds 23 April.

16/04/2025

As we drift towards winter we’re getting settled into cozy mode and nestling down for cooler months. Embrace this beautiful transition from autumn to winter and join us in May for early sunsets, evenings around the fire, snug blankets, warm company, and wholesome food. We’re celebrating the last of our autumn crops and the new season’s produce that are starting to thrive.

We’re doing a pop-up brunch in May! Whether you’re looking to treat your moms for Mother’s Day or just love a good farm brunch, join us on the 11th of May for a 3 course brunch and complimentary bubbly.

Our seasonal dinner will be on Friday, 16 May. For those of you who are used to joining us, please note the earlier start time of 6pm so we can still catch the last bits of autumn sun before dinner.

Sunday lunch is always a must, and what better way to spend it than relaxing at a beautiful farm, overlooking the fields where your food was grown. Join us on the 18th of May for our last autumn lunch.

Book your tickets via the link in bio or directly via our website farm shop.

See you all soon!

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10/04/2025

Meuse box 25

Oops (again). Missed the last two weeks of the end of tomatoes, shiso, and parsley root. Never fear, we're still here harvesting veg, seeding cover crop, and getting ready for winter. This fall, we've been raising beds that flooded last spring (using some not actually compost made on the farm), clearing out the alien vegetation on our riverbank and transplanting indigenous plants in to stabilise the banks, tidying up some corners of the farm, trying a different strategy for our cover crop in our lower beds that get flooded from all the rainwater draining into the farm from above our farm. Oh and the City mains broke again but this year they fixed it before it flooded half our farm. 🎉

Oh and chillies have finally started.

On the veg front, our peppers are doing well this season while eggplant are struggling. The April boxes will feature double quantity and double variety frying peppers. Yum. This week, sweet Jimmy Nardello and kinda kicky Padron. Blister in a pan with olive oil and good salt. Mmmmmm..
Then, King Richard leeks, eggplant mix, and Bright Lights chard.

Order by Sunday 13 April for collection/delivery Weds 16 April (Atlantic Seaboard, CBD, Southern Suburbs to Muizenberg).

# capetownfood.

28/03/2025

We’re a liiiittle bit behind on the news, but nevertheless, super excited to share our new website with you! It’s the same www.meusefarm.com but it got a whole lot bigger and better.

The process of making this website has been such a beautiful representation for us of how far we’ve come and how much the farm has grown up.
Alongside all the growth of the farm itself, the development of our events and deli was a natural next step to fully utilise our produce, while embracing creativity and maximising joy - both for our awesome community of supporters, and ourselves. What would farming and food be without joy?!

The harmony between these different components is something that we wanted to make evident with our new website. It’s been a year in the making, with a lot of time spent working through all the design, info, features, and functionality that we wanted to share with you.

Check out our site to find out more about our philosophy, practices, and farm team. Save the date from our event calendars, shop for freshly harvested veggies and farm-made seasonal deli products, and book for events.
We even have a field notes blog page for you to keep an eye on! We will (hopefully, as we have more time on our hands) be updating you on what we get up to at our farm. Find out about new crops, composting projects, insect research, recipes, foodie inspirations, and more exciting insights from around the farm.

Check it out by following the link in the bio or going directly to www.meusefarm.com

A very BIG thank you to Roxanne Spears, founder of Good Design graphic design studio, as well as JB, founder and web designer of Open Agency digital creators! The collaboration with these two hard-working, patient, and insightful creatives has made this project possible.
If you love our site and want to support them too, check out .co.za on Insta and Roxy’s beautiful website www.gooddesign.co.za

And lastly, a big thanks to all of you for your support, shared joy, and making all this growth possible 🌱

20/03/2025

Meuse box 22

Late March- clearing and seeding, clearing and seeding. Along with transitioning blocks to winter cover crop, this season we've taken time to remove nasty lantana from our river banks and are getting ready to replace it wity a whole range of indigenous vegetation. Fingers crossed for a few months of gentle steady rainfall.

In our next box, double cherry tomatoes (can you believe it, we still have some!), eggplant mix and green Yolo Wonder and Goddess peppers celebrate summer fruits. On the herb front, a last chance for green shiso complemented with some Nan Ling cutting celery. Lastly, an Angel hair spaghetti squash for some fall vibes.

Order by Sunday 23 March for collection/delivery (Atlantic Seaboard, CBD, Southern Suburbs) Weds 26 March.

13/03/2025

Meuse box 21
What says early fall (in a Mediterranean climate without the leaf peeping scene) more than some root and leaf veg mixed in with lingering tomatoes and still beautiful peppers and eggplants?

We're busy clearing out some long ignored flower beds and biding our time with summer cover crop til 1 April when we will start to transition beds to their winter cover crop mix. This weekend, the early tomato plants will have their green tomatoes harvested, and next week we will seed a few beds for winter and early spring crops. Otherwise, we will admire the colours of fall chillies and 5pm March/April light, clear our river banks or alien veg, and store misc grains and seeds somewhere other than my increasingly messy office.

Next week's box is a) very photogenic and b) a delicious representation of mid March. We're enjoying an extra long tomato season and there will be some yummy cherry tomatoes, sweet and delicious Himo Togarashi frying pepper (blister, salt, olive oil), and mixed eggplant. The first of a limited amount of Arat parsley root and super beautiful Bright Lights chard say it's time for fall to shine. And a fragrant mix of French thyme, Cuban oregano, nepetella, and sage and some eclectic herbal flavours to your week.

Order by Sunday 16 March for collection/delivery (Atlantic Seaboard, CBD, Southern Suburbs) on Weds 19 March.

05/03/2025

Mindful Sunday GIVEAWAY

Escape the busy bustling weekend and join us for a slow, mindful Sunday.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity for your gifted ticket!
We’re giving away one ticket for a fully inclusive experience of relaxation and reconnection.

To enter:
1. Like this post
2. tag a friend in the comments
3. ⁠follow our Meuse Farm and accounts
4. ⁠share this post in your stories.

We will reveal and tag the winner on Friday evening

The experience includes:
A refreshing, seasonal welcome drink

An introduction to the farm and sensory exploration

A sound healing session with

A tasting of our famous farm tomatoes, with a focused meditation on taste

A seasonal harvest table lunch by our in-house chef focused on connecting mind, body, and food.

A day to reconnect with nature, your senses, and your inner self, and embrace mindfulness and slow living

02/03/2025

Meuse box 19

Shew busy weekend with our last Open Day of the season, thanks for coming! While our tomato plants have missed their annual 1 March death date and truck on, it's very likely the last week of pretty heirloom tomatoes. From this point, we start filling beds with cover crop (first a bit of buckwheat til the end of March and then a winter mix), maintain some grass edges, and prepare for winter. The peppers and eggplant will continue for a few months still thankfully.

In this week's box - beautiful and tasty heirloom tomato mix, a double chery tomato batch, mixed eggplant, Yolo Wonder bell and Goddess banana pepper mix, and rainbow chard.

Order by this evening 😅 for delivery/collection Weds 5 March.

27/02/2025

Open Day is just a couple of days away! Make sure to book your tickets so you don’t miss out on great activities & delicious food.

Join us 1 March, 10am - 2pm for an abundance of autumn festivities.
Enjoy tacos & tequila, pizzas & pastries, organic veg & beautiful views.
This is a family-friendly event, so bring the little ones to run free, learn about veggies & growing, eat lots of good food, & take part in fun activities.

WORKSHOPS

SEASONAL SWEETS
Learn from the best. Chocolatier & owner of Jenna specializes in bespoke chocolate bonbons & confectionery products; supplying the top fine dining restaurants in Cape Town. She will be sharing her extensive knowledge with you on how to make unique, sweet treats.
Make marshmallow root marshmallows & sorghum molasses honeycomb, and if time allows - bonus recipe is salted molasses fudge! Take home tasty creations.

CREATIVE CRAFTING
Turn seasonal, natural materials into elegant statement pieces. Join crafter/stylist/art director Carin for a unique workshop learning to create flowers from our corn husks, fall stems, and grasses. Take home creative autumn decorations that honor zero waste and sustainable practices.

WEAVING WORKSHOP
Textile designer & weaver, Sibabalwe will be guiding you through a hands-on weaving workshop. Learn how to set up a frame loom, and begin the wool weaving process with a few different techniques. Explore texture and design with an integration of autumn farm materials like teff stems and corn husks.

COOKING DEMO
Mount Nelson executive chef Luke & sous chef Brinelle are teaming up for this informative, delicious demo. They will be demonstrating a dish that highlights the seasonal and local focus of their restaurant, Verandah.
Learn about the processes and practices of making incredible quality food with a focus on sustainability.

FOR THE KIDS
Sign the little ones up for creative activities!
Waldorf teacher, mother, & designer, Susie Helme, will be guiding your kids through fun farm adventures and crafts. Kids will collect and learn about seasonal materials from the farm and create their own craft projects.

22/02/2025

Meuse box 18

Whoops missed posting the last two boxes, join our mailing list to not miss out 😅!

We're at the tail end of peak tomato season so it's a double helping (1kg) of our heirloom mix and 200g of mixed cherry tomatoes. The tomatillos are also slowing down so this will likely be the last time they're in the box. Luckily, peppers and eggplants are upon us now and this week, the classic Japanese frying pepper Shish*to. Blister in a pan with some good salt and olive oil and enjoy! Our mixed eggplant are great grilled, in stir fries, baked, you name it.

We also have our last Open Day of the season next Sat 1 March. So if you're not (or even if you are) ordering a box, come enjoy delicious food a range of awesome workshops, and relax in our fields.

Order by Sunday evening 23 Feb for collection/delivery (Atlantic Seaboard to CBD, Southern Suburbs to Muizenberg) Weds 26 Feb.

22/02/2025

Join us on Sunday, 9 March, for a slow, mindful, sensory immersion.

Guided by The Age of Eera a sound healing facilitator and meditation teacher, you will journey through a sound healing session and an afternoon of slow, intentional food experiences.

Relax into the peaceful, calming setting of our farm and allow yourself a day of awareness, introspection, and reconnection.

What to expect:
A seasonal, non-alcoholic welcome drink

An introduction to the farm and sensory exploration

A sound healing session

A tasting of our famous farm tomatoes, with a focused meditation on taste

A seasonal harvest table lunch by our in-house chef focused on connecting mind, body, and food

A day to reconnect with nature, your senses, and your inner self, and embrace mindfulness and slow living

Early bird tickets are R1450 and available till 3 March. Full price tickets are R1650 from 4 March.
Book via the link in bio or our website farm shop.

Please make sure to inform us of any dietary requirements ahead of the booking date.

Please plan your travels carefully. The cycle tour is taking place on 9 March, and there will be some road closures leading into Hout Bay.

21/02/2025

Autumn Open Day
We love autumn harvests, so full of abundance and potential for the future. Join us anytime between 10am & 2pm on 1 March. As always, entry is free. Come explore the farm, buy fresh organic veg & herbs, pastries & breads, and join in the autumn festivities.

Book for workshops & farm-made lunches.

Open Day lunch will be a representation of some of our fullest crops at the moment. Think tomatoes, peppers, aubergine, squash, corn, black beans, sorghum. Earthy, hearty autumn food.

Choose from a range of Taos blue corn tortillas and a toasted sweet sorghum grain bowl by as well as freshly baked sourdough pizzas by

WORKSHOPS

SEASONAL SWEETS
Jenna chocolatier & owner of will be running a delicious demo, making seasonal sweets using our marshmallow root, sorghum molasses and dried edible flowers. Take home your tasty creations.

CREATIVE CRAFTING
Join crafter/stylist/art director Carin for a unique workshop learning to create beautiful decorative flowers from our corn husks, fall stems and grasses, and natural dyes. Take home your creations.

THE SORGHUM AGENDA 101
Join Zandile for an insightful introduction to sorghum and a deep delve into the range and versatility that the grain holds. This special grain is a carrier for sustainability and cultural preservation. Learn about why it’s important, its history, stories, and uses. Share in Zandile Finxa's food story and their connection with this African ancient grain.

WEAVING WORKSHOP
Textile designer & weaver, Sibabalwe will be guiding you through a hands-on weaving workshop. Learn how to set up a frame loom, and begin the wool weaving process with a few different techniques. Explore texture and design with an integration of autumn farm materials like teff stems and corn husks.

TOMATO TASTING
Join owner and head farmer, Iming Lin, in a tasty and informative delve into our tomatoes. Iming will introduce you to our tasting process for next season's tomato selections and chat through stories and questions on all things tomato

Details to follow soon on cooking workshops & and kidsactivities

19/02/2025

It's been a week and a half of living out my Little House on the Prairie dream (less the overt racism)! Fun projects, some brand new, some seasons old, all culminating in these last few days of harvest and processing.

1-3 tomatoes aplenty! processing seconds for their delicious pizza bases, harvesting/labelling/tasting/selecting/and saving seeds for next year's heirloom tomatoes.

4 Ben winnowing our Taos Blue corn

5 Mac and Cassiem shelling our dry black and Malawi kidney beans

6 Carol hand "threshing" our teff

7-10 Kenny harvesting, bringing in, Cassiem juicing our sweet sorghum. Some frozen sweet sorghum juice ice

11-14 Hops! Joe and Johannes bringing this season's plants in, helping us harvest, a prime cone

15 Indigo 💙. Transforming the fermented pigment into stable powder. Now just to figure out the washing part finally

Not pictured, grain sorghum and millet threshing and winnowing, Hopi Black Dye sunflower seed harvest, bugs.

Keep your eyes and taste buds out for:

🌮 Open Day taco lunch featuring this corn, the beans, and more farm deliciousness.

🍅 More tomatoes this season (veg box and Open Day)

🍺 Aegir fresh hops beer in about a month

18/02/2025

Looking for wholesome autumn events? Save these March & April dates, and book your tickets for our seasonal in-house lunches and dinners, our last Open Day of the season, and an engaging farm-to-table cooking experience.

Tickets available via our link in bio or our website farm shop.

Don’t miss out on our last Open Day of this season.
Join us 1 March, 10am - 2pm for autumn festivities, exciting workshops, and seasonal farm foods. Keep an eye out for tickets to follow later this week.

Seasonal In-house meals with
Join us for a peaceful Friday evening or relaxing Sunday lunch. Mingle, chat and enjoy the farm views. Gather around the communal long tables for 3 courses of autumn inspired dishes by chef Caitlin.

Dinners R850pp
14 March & 11 April 6:30pm - 9:30pm

Lunches R750pp
16 March & 13 April 12:30pm - 3:30pm

PLEASE NOTE:
Our in-house menus are not vegetarian. However, vegetarian, pescatarian, and vegan options can be arranged if communicated ahead of time.
All dietary requirements must be noted in your booking.

We will have wines, beers, and non-alcoholic drinks available for sale. Additional drinks and gratuity are not included in these ticket prices.

Cooking Workshop with
Saturday 29 March, 11am - 3pm

Cape Town, bring your favourite foodie companion and join Hush in My Kitchen at Meuse Farm for an unforgettable Farm-to-Table Cooking Workshop. Experience a working organic farm, harvest your own produce from the Meuse Farm garden, and enjoy a guided cooking session by Hush in My Kitchen.

After cooking, gather around our communal dining table to indulge in the farm-fresh lunch you've crafted, complimentary wine, and take home the recipes to recreate the magic.

R1350pp for a 4 hour bespoke workshop & lunch
INCLUDES:
• Welcome drinks and snacks
• Recipes
• All ingredients
• Guided cooking session by your hosts
• Long table lunch served family style paired with wines
• Parting gift
• Great vibes

04/02/2025

Join us this Friday and Saturday, 7 & 8 Feb, for an exploration of Mediterranean flavours.

Travel across Spain with chef Paula’s diverse expression of dishes. 6 incredible courses, made with only the best of local, seasonal produce from around the Cape. Indulge in Spanish tortilla tapa, Andalusian tomato soup, Galician style octopus, Northern seafood rice, and classic pork cheek stew. Paired with complementary wines, rhythmic music, and a beautiful view, you’re guaranteed to enjoy this unique experience.

Only a few tickets left. Book via our link in bio, or through our website.

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02/02/2025

Meuse box 15

Better late than never! The tomatoes are pouring in though the plants are starting to get a bit sad. Get these yummy fruits while you can!!

In this week's box, mixed heirloom tomatoes, mixed cherry tomatoes, and Pancho tomatillos for juicy, tangy, fruitiness. Green shiso (since our basil is so sad this season) for some herby fragrance, and some boiling (low starch) potatoes and Mokum carrots to round things out.

Order by this evening, Sunday 2 Feb for collection from the farm/delivery to Atlantic Seaboard/CBD/Southern Suburbs to Muizenberg on Weds 5 Feb.

Link in bio to order. Send us a message if you want to be added to our veg (and/or event) email lists which I send more timeously than these IG posts.

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