March 2014 and Spring has Sprung!

Its been quite a year!

My Dad got rather ill, and Steve decided it was time for me to go and see him so I spent a lovely sunny month in Johannesburg from Feb to beginning of March. The folks and I had a delightful month together, playing golf, swimming, sunning myself, and catching up with family.

Blesbok on my folks lawn.

Party time with Dave Roberts and Sheila Roberts.

March and spring is deffinately in the air with temperatures reaching the early twenties! I mowed the lawn for the first time this year, and Steve has been busy outside almost every day, he has found himself a helper in the form of a Romanian chap Tibor, who works hard for rather small money, and its all go.

They have been clearing out the chicken coop, (below) erecting fencing for said chickens who should be arriving at the beginning of April.

The bottom section of our land has also had fencing put up, so finally both sets of neighbours can stop lusting after our property!

The sweet little house for our chickens.

The guys have also been busy stripping the gates of four layers of paint, repairing it and have begun painting it a warm gold colour. (See photos below)

A lot of effort.

March! And boy have we marched on! Rotavated the vegetable patch and the last area where we want grass, and managed to sow both grass, corn and sunflowers before the rains came.

Vegetable patch.

First mowing of the year.

We have also had the side of the barn cleaned, stripped of old paint and re-plastered.

Barn before.....

Stripped.....

After....

So all in all March 2014 has been extremely productive thanks in no small measure, to the glorious weather this country has, and to Steve's endless intellect, boundless energy and utter devotion in making this our dream home.

Roll on summer................