Category Archives: edible plant

Cleome by any other name would taste as sweet…..good ‘slow’ food at Chilo Gorge!

Posted on March 8, 2016 by wineandwilddogs

Beautiful Cleome Gynandra is growing fast in our Gonarezhou area with the recent rain. Thomas Mutombeni, head guide at Chilo Gorge, says: “it is a food plant, the leaves of which the Shangaans cook and eat like spinach. Shangaans call it … Continue reading →

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Baobabs and Wire; Elephants and Mud

Posted on January 11, 2016 by wineandwilddogs

Early morning on the deck at Chilo leads into a fabulous day of exploring the newly wet Gonarezhou…on the lookout for our guests favorite animal…Elephants!….today strangely absent today from the landscape! They must have moved far and wide with the little … Continue reading →

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