Braamekraal Farm is inhabited by a minor branch of the Morris family, which includes a couple of Doggies, an indeterminate number of Chickens, thousands of wild birds, reptiles, forest animals, and who-knows how many moles, earthworms and soil bacteria.

Personæ Dramatis#

• Mike, mid-forty-something, and Prime Instigator of all the trouble.
• Jayne, mid-forties Mom, chief baker, and all-round Wise Woman.
• Jason, chronologically number one son & Carrie, his partner wife: twenty-somethings who have taken up residence in the cottage.
• Dale, Son the Younger, and now only sometime-resident as he studies Geology and Geography at Rhodes University.
• OB, PhD (Pointy-headed Dog), famed catcher of Rats, and Protector of the Flock.
• Myah the Bumpy Dog and Pokey Little Puppy.
• The Unruly Flock of Chickens.
• A Supporting Cast of Billions -- birds, insects, rats, moles, shrews, spiders, snakes, bacteria, fungi, frogs, plants, and a Tortoise.