September Editor’s Letter
Now that HBT is so much easier to read on a small screen, we have a few new readers. I bid you a very warm welcome. Somehow, September felt even…
What’s Happening & What Got us Talking
🌳 Hogsback Garden Club – Tree Planting Update 🌳 A little report-back for our members: 48 indigenous trees were planted in our precious Arboretum on Tuesday, 8 September. 🌱 We…
From the Forest Floor
Our yearly cycle has started!As we head to warmer weather, and the spring bipolar weather in full swing, nature is coming back alive everywhere, in everything! From the seedlings, to…
We All Belong
We, the greater Hogsback community, are part of a unique society—different in many ways, yet connected by what we share. We believe our animals are sentient beings and valued members…
Cinder-ing-town
(Bed-Time Short Stories… tangentially delivered.) The solar inverter hummed its low, monotone hymn against the wattle-and-daub wall of the kitchen. The house had long since forgotten the sound of the…
Restoration Season – it’s WILD!
Cape Parrot Project Just as Spring suddenly arrives, so does restoration season at the CPP. As part of our conservation implementation work, we undertake restoration work in and around the…
Coming Home
By Nicole Steven-Jennings A few years back, I embarked on a journey to the land of my ancestors from my mother’s side of the family. I wanted to see first…
From the Mountain Tops
It’s a sunny summer Saturday morning, day 2 of a 3 day magical woman’s retreat, and I’m busy blending some herbs for the herbal ice tea served at breakfast. The…
AI Posters… Evolution, Revolution… or De-volution?
The AI Poster Pandemic…AI might have industrialised mediocrity, but it didn’t invent it; … I mean we had Clip art, WordArt, Paint and stock photos before this… Remember those ‘Product…
When Survival Becomes Who You Are
Hogsback is beautiful. We know this. We live among the forests, the mist, the waterfalls and the mountains. But there is another side to living here. One that cannot be…