Aloe koppie

Another trailer load of Proteas bagged up and delivered. We moved two big pallets into the shade house and put the bags on top, there is still room for more.

The big worry was that there was no water at the nursery after our pipe fix, all was sorted when I discovered I had switched the stopcock in the arboretum off when the problems started, senior moment I suppose. After that the tanks started filling up and we had excellent pressure again, phew!

The cool, overcast weather was conducive to some hard work so we continued with the West Bank, digging in plastic, moving rocks and planting until teatime while Rob pulled out lots of Podalyria seedlings in the burnt patch and Cathy weeded in the shade house. Keith was a little lost without his broken chainsaw.

Our varnished tables in the Fovs room look quite spiffy now.

After tea I somehow convinced everyone that it was an ideal time to weed the Aloe koppie as the grass is taking over again and, after the rains, the soil is nice and soft. The five of us each found a patch and not long after it looked a lot better.

Amazing that a year ago you couldn’t even see that the rockery existed, it was so overgrown.

The Zantedescias at The Dell have suffered from a porcupine attack but further it looks very lush, the Bulbines are flowering and make a pretty sight.

After lunch we still did some propagation of tree cuttings and fixed one of the two broken bridges across the gully opposite the Flower House.