Hi all,
Here at Sarrisam farm we had 11 mm week before last and 17 mm last week. One can clearly see the plants growing every day. In about two months we should see the Sandveld blooming!

Regards from Sarrisam Farm,
Hestelle Engelbrecht
Tel: 027 581 1021
sarrisam@telkomsa.net.

Hi Daisy,

Hope you are doing good and that there are still a few flowers left back home.

Please see some more pictures of my last visit to Concordia, Namaqualand. I loaded much more at my flickr page “http://www.flickr.com/photos/28513238@N06/sets/72157606114046395/”.

Feel free to drop in and view. All of the best!

Art

Hi Daisy, I went home last weekend to the beautiful land and want to share some of my flower pics with everyone. Please feel free to identify some of the individual flowers, as I know most of them only by their general names LOL. We left Cape Town on Friday and stopped over at Skilpad and was really amazed at the flowers. The flowers in Garies, Springbok, Okiep and Concordia are really beautiful. The gousblomme are not as abundant in Concordia as last year, but the Dassiegousblom, Pietsnot, Sporrie and Orange Botterblomme are making a spectacular display! From what I heard there was a quite a bit of frost that slowed down growth as well as the easterly berg winds. However after the little rain at the beginning of last week, the flowers came out and played. Kind regards, Your’s in Namaqua Flowerpower, Art Cloete

Hi all, Rainfall for Skilpad as follows: April 2009: 35.6mm May 2009: 39.1mm June 2009: 123.4mm July 2009: 20.3mm August 2009: 10.1mm (to date) Namaqua received some nice follow-up rain the past week. Skilpad is still looking very good, and should continue to do so for the near future. Prominent flowers to be seen at Skilpad: Meidestert (Lapeirousia silenoides); Varkiesknol (Conicosia elongata); hongerblomme (Senecio sp); Gousblomme (Arctotis sp); Gazanias (Gazania sp.); T’neitjie (Pelargonium incrassatum) and various Romulia species. The cattails (Bulbinella latifolia) are now reaching their peak and can be seen on the short Katstertvlei walk. There are off course countless other species to be seen for those who look a bit closer! The road to the park just past the Haasriver has nice orange flower carpets as well. The coastal areas are looking better by the day and the vygies are coming into their own now. The gravel road to Skilpad (Namaqua National Park) has been graded. Regards BERNARD VAN LENTE PARK MANAGER: NAMAQUA NATIONAL PARK SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS TEL: +27 (0)27 672 1948 FAX: +27 (0)27 672 1015 CELL: +27 (0)83 640 4915 VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT www.sanparks.org

Hi All, The first pic taken on the road between Vanrhynsdorp and the farm (R27) the other two taken today in Nieuwoudtville. So the shows are starting at last. All love Mark and Steve Suttridge Guest Farm and Cottages www.vanrhynsdorp.co.za E-mail Tel. +27 (0)27 219-1889 Cell +27 (0)82 455-4137