Pleasant surprise when we arrived, the entrance circle was mown. Thank goodness for Pottaman, he really has made a difference since coming back from holiday. He is still catching up with mowing everywhere but he made a priority of the various paths and tracks and the main picnic site looks good again. Also good to […]

As it was raining we found ourselves alone at the Reserve and a good time to do some unusual things. We have been intrigued by the weather station for some time now and have phoned all over to find out who the owners are but to no avail so I decided to open it up

It would be very interesting to get access to the weather station data at Van Stadens but so far all attempts at finding out who actually is responsible for this station have met with “Duh??” The rainfall must be quite a bit higher there than in PE. It was overcast when we left but on

First I must mention the epic felling of one of the huge pine trees Keith cut down on Wednesday all by his lonesome self. Two down two to go and then part of the Reserve’s skyline will be free of alien trees. Some new trees have already been planted and there are plans afoot to

New Year’s eve was treated like just any old Wednesday which meant that the usual group assembled in the Reserve. Rob,Cathy and Keith tackled some hakea in sector ‘January’ of the Invasive Species schedule. This is quite an ambitious program and Rob will need all the help he can get, perhaps a few more of

This blog covers the past three weeks. These days it rains on Wednesdays so we have been somewhat affected by the weather. The Reserve has a special ambiance when it is wet and misty so from that point we do not mind at all. The Dell has been filled for quite a while now and,

With all the trees we have been planting on the main picnic area to replace the bluegums who refuse to die we needed a water supply nearby. As our dear chairlady has been agitating for this for some time we thought that we could put the left over pipe to good use and fulfil her

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

Post Open Day drought as far as blogging is concerned, things are back to normal with not many interesting items to report on. The weeding, potting, planting etc. has been a bit neglected so it is catch up time as far as that is concerned. Riana has taken the greenhouse under her wing which is

No time for blogging lately, it has been heads down to get everything ready for the Open Day. With a full program of Trail Running, Mountain Biking, Plant Sale, Guided Walks and Stalls there was a lot to be organized. Poor Ellie had to answer stacks of phone calls after the newspaper notices and especially