They say chickens are a gateway drug for those itching to get out of the traffic and into the countryside. But, as Julienne du Toit and Chris Marais of Karoo Space have found, there are many other triggers that precipitate a move to the platteland.
Somehow in its early boom years, which began in the mid-1990s, arty folk started coming to Prince Albert, settling and indulging their creativity. Why?