2015.04.08 After the usual morning tasks such as hacking and looking after the nursery we went and planted some more indigenous trees to replace the pines. Jenny has donated a lot of trees for that purpose and, if they all take, there will be quite a forest there in the future. Rob set about digging […]

It was still necessary to do some more work on the Nymph trail and try to convince Sisanie (we have always called him Pottaman but apparently that was wrong) to mow the remaining sections. While on the trail we noticed the Dodda was flowering. We also continued cleaning the pine tree up.

2015.03.18 As promised I took a few pics of the bird hide. Still a work in progress by the looks of it as Neil has added a curtain to block out the backlight from the door. It is certainly lovely to sit there and enjoy the view even if you are not a birder like

2015.03.02 I see it is nearly a month ago since I last blogged, since then quite a few things have happened. Not least of those is the building of a bird hide at the edge of the Arboretum. I’m ashamed that I have not yet taken a photo of the structure, an omission which will

Wednesday was a typical bergwind day so we found it more advisable to go the day after. This turned out to be a very good decision as it was ideal for working. Armed with the brush cutter sporting a brand new blade we tackled the section from the power line to the Lilly Pond with

At our last group meeting we started on the Nymph trail which is really an extension of the Forest Walk. As it turned out we discovered that the Forest Walk originally was a bit longer so we started clearing that bit first. It was difficult to find the original path as it was very overgrown

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

2015.01.15 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

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