Recent content by naturegirl

Hi everybody! Have just come back from the farm after spending 5 days all on my own. This time I did not have to worry about rain and floods, but rather extreme heat. On the weekend and Monday we had over 40 deg Celsius, with Sunday hitting a high of 43 Degrees!!! Luckily the heat we...

Am I glad that I will never have to cope with snow! Instead I have to cope with huge amounts of rain! On the 18th of November last year we had to deal with over 90 mls of rain in one night, and the next morning the river below our farm came up to about 20 feet away from the cottage, our bedroom...

Hi there! I unfortunately lost the link to this web page almost immediately after I signed on, and only found it again via your message about the new and updated webdesign! So thanks, guys! I would never have found you again if you had not emailed me!

1. What state/province/country are you in and what is your climate like? Western Cape, South Africa, and the climate ranges from freezing in the winter to about 45 Deg Celsius in the summer! We also have a lot of rain! In fact in the second week of January we had 3 floods in four days! 2...

I joined a while ago, but have only really now sat down and completed my account. My hubby and I bought a smallholding (6 Hectares/15 acres) outside a small village Riversdale in the Western Cape, South Africa. It took me about 2,5 years of searching until I eventually found it. My husband is...

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Hello there, Selfsussers! I am very new on this forum, so let me introduce myself and my hubby. Firstly, we are in the Western Cape, South Africa, and our little farm is in the village of Riversdale, or rather 12 km's outside of Riversdale. We have just bought it, and I cannot wait to move...