The birth of the farming activities that culminated, some fifty years later, in the creation of Mischa Estate. The farm Mischa has been in the Barns family for three generations.Originally called "Houmoed," the 50 hectare farm just outside the picturesque little town of Wellington, was bought by "Kelpie" Barns shortly after his return from active service in North Africa and Italy. The early years demanded a very steep learning curve, a component of which involved Kelpie in watching very carefully what his neighboring farmers were doing from season to season!