Sutherland Seedlings East London using Ellepot to plant Avo Seedlings

This year I have been visiting various nurseries around South Africa that have embraced the Ellepot planting system. First stop was Sutherland Seedlings in East London who specialize in Avo’s. Ellepot planting machine being used at Sutherland Seedlings, East London to plant avo’s Washing and disinfecting trays Women workers at Sutherland Seedlings, East London LianneContinueContinue reading “Sutherland Seedlings East London using Ellepot to plant Avo Seedlings”

Farm Photography; Dipping Cattle

It’s been a while since I did this shoot, completely unexpected and not planned. I met these farmers on an Eastern Cape agricultural road trip by chance and was invited to their remote farm in the Amathole mountains to document a day of dipping. It’s turned out to be one of my favourite farm photographyContinueContinue reading “Farm Photography; Dipping Cattle”

enroute home via rhodes and naudes nek

I’ve just been on an agricultural shoot to East London for Ellepot. It made perfect sense to take the long way home, passed Rhodes village in the Eastern Cape Drakensberg, via Naude’s Nek and back to KZN. This place pulls me back. I feel most at peace here. There is so much to love aboutContinueContinue reading “enroute home via rhodes and naudes nek”

A snowy day on an Ixopo farm

An unimpressed cold cow. Blizzard at the pumphouse Loch Buighe Farm Zimmatic Pivot in snow. Avo’s under snow The end of fire season. Warmth in numbers! And just like that, it was gone! Lianne Ashton Photography©2021

Piet, maize and a pitbull

I love my shoots through Pannar Seed, mostly because it’s a doorway into another whole world…and this time, it was into the Vrystaat! I have to be very honest here. I am born and bred in KwaZulu-Natal and my Afrikaans is appalling! Dismal. Laughable and maybe even insulting to some! Oddly enough, I learned moreContinueContinue reading “Piet, maize and a pitbull”