Our vision in buying this farm is really just an extension of our vision for living in modern south Africa. We both love this country and are committed to seeing it prosper. As a result, we aim to live as unobtrusively as possible - sharing our material wealth with our fellow man and our vegetable wealth with all and sundry. We both believe that you receive in life a reflection of that which you have given out, so we strife to live happily and fairly, without conflict or exploitation.
As we grow and increasingly amount and diversity of produce, so we are increasingly able to opt out of modern 'civilized' living and depend more on our own capabilities to provide for our own needs and those of our animals and land. We would one day like to see this farm being run as a completely self-sustaining property.
Our other ambitions are spiritually linked to this vision and represent our desire for a happy holistic life in which plants, microorganisms, animals and peas all flourish in mutually beneficial relationships. To facilitate this, we believe in having a spiritual centre to our farm which is why we are currently building a labyrinth.
This is just the beginning of a bigger picture which also sees the development of a horse labyrinth. Horses bring a special spirituality to a property and also, because of their seemingly Buddhist nature, can enable humans to access a spiritual calm or clarity that is often obstructed by our complex emotional and learnt behaviour. Because of these beliefs, we would like to see the development of an equine centre where people could come with their horses - either just for a holiday or to sort through specific issues they may have in their horse-huiman relationship.
Our farm has a very special feel to it - a positive aura of calm, centeredness and spiritual harmony - which we feel lends itself to being a haven where people can come and escape the pressures of modern living and enjoy a natural, simple life for a couple of days. In the future, we would like to develop some kind of accommodation facility - be it tented, self-catering or guesthouse - so that others could come and share our farm experience and the beauty of this corner of the Wild Coast.