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    JUST WHAT the doctor ordered

    Oct 14, 2019 3 minutes
    By Marié Esterhuyse
    Photographs
    Amora Erasmus

    WHO LIVES HERE? Desmond (Benk) and Philda Benkenstein, Juno the Bull Mastiff and 10 Boschveld chickens

    WHERE George

    SIZE 3 750m²

    TYPE OF SOIL Loam

    What was once part of an apple farm is now a dream garden in the heart of George. “We bought the house in 1994,” says Desmond (Benk) Benkenstein, referring to the property where he and his wife Philda also run the Fairview Homestead guesthouse.

    When the Benkensteins took ownership 25

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