I haven’t blogged the past few times we’ve been to VS because it tends to become repetitive but, as this is a record what we do, I need at least try to keep it up.
Our focus has been two-pronged lately, the nursery and the arboretum and both show steady progress. In the nursery you can see that the Proteas are getting their autumn growth spurt, especially in the shade house they are looking good and the re-bagging process makes the nursery look a lot more organised.
Pity it is so difficult to get soil because I would like to spread some soil between the roots of the acacia and cover it with weedguard to make it easier to move a wheelbarrow around. Unfortunately between a broken tractor and other things to do it seems a low priority.
The steady stream of seedlings from our house continues, one trailer full of about 100 plants every week so the nursery is filling up nicely.
We decided to buy a new chainsaw, our old one has seen a lot of service with the bluegums and all and faced with a repair quote of R2500 it makes sense to replace it with a more fool proof model.
With more than 100 trees now planted in the arboretum watering them has become somewhat of a issue so our next mission is to put a few more taps in strategic positions using the excess pipe Rob recovered from Thomas’s place. No time get bored yet I’m afraid.