8March
Today we went out to the Wildlife Center to learn more about Plants and trees in our environment we also learned the importance of plants and learned about a few plants and what they are used for on the farm.For exp. We harvest "Sekelbos" and then it gets packed and sold for fire wood.We also use the "Vaalboom" for the "latties".We then learned more about the Queen of the Night this plant we use for on the farm as well we cut it down then put pieces of it in the animals drinking water.This helps them with internal parasites.This is an invasive specie that is on the farm that we use to our advantage.
9March
Today we cleaned the water pond that was covered in water weeds and bulrush.We removed all these problem plants and at the same tame we also gathered samples of it and put it into a press.We also gathered some field specimens like a bubbling Casina Frog,Water scorpions and litches this was an very interesting day as we gained a lot of knowledge
10March
I started of clearing one of the bicycle trails from sticks and thorns in the road so that people do not get punctures or damage there bikes or injure them self. Then I went to put lick blocks out on different parts of the farm.This is an weekly thing and we do it because it is an 3 in one lick block that helps with ticks for the animals.Whilst we did this we also monitored local wildlife by counting them and identifying the animals and then logging the GPS cordinates of where the animal is found.
11March
Today we gathered all our equipment to go out like the following:
- Slashers
- Rakes
- Pangas
- Saw
- Spade
Yes it sounds like we are going to start with a garden but we went out to clean another bicycle trail and this one was not cleaned for a while so there was a lot to be done.I had to go and cut trees down, clean the road,rake the road remove all the branches hanging over the road.We do all this to insure the safety of guests and that they can enjoy a trail without a tree or branch hitting them of there bikes.
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