Chitchat
WE’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU!
Write to us and tell us about your move to the platteland, the characters in your town, the things that bug you… Send an email to
helloplatteland@gmail.com or post your letter to Platteland Letters, PO Box 526, Moorreesburg 7310. We give preference to letters of fewer than 300 words. Remember to include your name and surname and, very importantly, the town where you live. Platteland reserves the right to edit and shorten letters at our discretion.
Winning letter
Food and an income from our garden
Congratulations! I am happy to hear you are now independent. Yes, the whopping increase in your magazine’s cover price made my eyes water. I hope your magazine won’t become unaffordable, like so many others. What would we read then?
We farm in the Karoo, in the Venterstad district in the northern reaches of the Eastern Cape, and because we love this country of ours so dearly, we thoroughly enjoy your magazine. We cannot wait for the next issue, and always look forward to each instalment of your kitchen garden section especially.
We, too, earn additional income from our garden. Every week when we go to town, we pack a
