A successful harvest of Lowveld cucumbers.

2025-08-21 00:00

On the Letaba River, where hippos graze at night among net houses and tunnels (and sometimes through the citrus orchards of their neighbors), Niekie Grobler and his father cultivate English cucumbers for the municipal markets of Gauteng. Their market demands extra-large fruits, measuring over 30 centimeters in length.

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