Offload trailer with 75 Proteas and trees. Check why electronic raingauge not registering, funnel blocked with bird droppings Check automatic sprays in green- and misting house, working fine. Close stopcock which ‘they’ keep on opening In nursery put fallen over bags right Close gate left open In Arboretum look for Tarchonanthus for Marie Delport Check […]
Rainy day didn’t stop us 2022.04.16 Read More »
After the great fire of 2017 the dormant seeds of many aliens woke up and the battle began to clear away large stand of Acacia longifolia throughout the reserve. Almost an impossible task but with some help from Working On Fire we managed to get on top of it and let the indigenous vegetation recover
Stream restoration Read More »
January The low pressure of the municipal water supply was sorted out and a new wate meter was installed by the municipality. This caused a signficnat increase in water pressuse (good thing) and major leaks in the aging reticulation system, three by the houses and one near the misting house. New joints and help by
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Work done Present: Ellie, Rudi, Neil, Rasheed, Chris, Debbie and Merike Took trailer full of plants and brushcutter with new airfilter. Unloaded trailer Fetched potting soil, noticed hide was all open. Went there to close. Visitors book misplaced again, other folder dogeared. Wrote in book complaining. Unloaded soil by potting shed. Took blanket stitch out
2021 January meeting Read More »
Keep up the good work Just a summary of the work that was done. Present: Ellie, Rudi, Neil, Rasheed, Chris, Debbie and Merike Took trailer full of plants and brushcutter with new airfilter. Unloaded trailer Fetched potting soil, noticed hide was all open. Went there to close. Visitors book misplaced again, other folder dogeared. Wrote
The ladies toilets cistern were not working properly and Mr Forlee had time today to come and fix them so we needed to go out as well. Apart from discussing the toilet problems with him we also managed to do the following: Replaced the wires under the soil in the misting house which meant removing
After all the wiring and the first test run last week it needed a small change to the Raspberry program to make the pump controller live. It was quite nerve wracking to have set it for 10 o’clock and having to wait and it was a relief that it worked flawlessly. In the meantime Jenny
It was a special feeling today approaching the hide on a foggy morning and seeing it almost complete. No doubt there will be remarks that there are few birds and, while the vegetation still recovers from the fire, that is probably true but we hope that the hide will provide a tranquil place just to
The Hide–Final touches Read More »
Two more transports: the side walls and roof ridge and the most important bay window As I had put out my back and Ellie was still limping we relied on our fellow Fovs members and it was great to have our small team respond and work so well together. We first sent in the inspection
The initial plan was for Colin to help us to transport the hide from our house to Van Stadens. He couldn’t make it so we made a plan with our own trailer. Took the lid off and made a wooden platform. Our first load: The floor and some roof sections with some other stuff inside.
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