It could have been lonely out there today as no-one of the usual Wednesday crew turned up except the two stalwarts but thankfully first  Noxolo and Samantha lent a hand in the shade house and later Tony did the same in the Arboretum. What started out as a simple weeding session in the shade house […]

2017.02.01 As the first meeting of the year was billed as a work party there was a very low turnout, the more so because Jenny had car trouble and Rob was out somewhere trying out his new camper. We discussed the issues I have highlighted in the previous posting at length and the main decision

2017.02.01 When one goes to the Reserve as often as the core group does one gets used to what the place looks like so I thought it might be useful to highlight a few places where there might be room for improvement. Let’s start with the “furniture”, the picnic benches and an idea to salvage

With the temporarily demise of our weather station (making good progress fixing it) we are not quite sure how hot it was, it must have been close to 40 degrees. Rob and Keith went out hacking anyway but came back early as it was unbearable. Good time for Cathy and Ellie to take some trays

Our first Wednesday of the New Year and back to working away at the Reserve. Already the first New Year’s resolution of taking it a bit easier broken as it turned out to be quite a busy day. We started off with some chemical warfare against whatever is eating the seedlings in the misting house

2017.01.01 Over the holiday period our website and blog has been moved to a new provider and this is the first posting to check if our blog is still alive and well. We planned to welcome the New Year on top of the mountain, unfortunately the weather up there was so foul that we decided

Last week I organized a new V-belt for the ride on mower, left it in the office on Sunday and sent a whatsapp to Samantha with the tongue in cheek message that I expected the nursery to be mown by Wednesday and on arrival we were treated to a sight we haven’t often seen. Mown

Our monthly meeting exploring the back of Ladyslipper to see what had come up after the fire was not very popular, only six people took part. I stayed behind to clear some of the outstanding items off my to-do list, just Wednesdays just isn’t enough as the handyman work just piles up. The walk turned

At the moment it is heads down getting the nursery in order and propagating/potting stuff so there isn’t anything interesting to blog about our activities on Wednesdays. I noticed that our weather station had stopped communicating with the internet and that bugged me so much that we just had to go out yesterday to find

It was a whirlwind of activities today with the main focus getting the nursery back in shape again after the sale. Of course the other chores do not stop so Rob and Cathy attended to this month’s section of the hacking program while Jenny looked after the trees in the Arboretum. In quick succession these