Geelkrans Baviaans/Patensie

Geelkrans Baviaans/Patensie Camping & SC house (sleeps 4-6) on the Gamtoos river. All bookings and enquiries: [email protected]

What makes it distinct: the indigenous trees were cultivated from seed 16 years ago and now these 1000+ trees form a natural "wood" providing ample shade, No pets, day visitors or music allowed.

Hierdie foto's is middagtyd geneem, so die water is nou al meer, maar sal môre weer neem. Verduidelikings of beskrywing...
04/06/2026

Hierdie foto's is middagtyd geneem, so die water is nou al meer, maar sal môre weer neem. Verduidelikings of beskrywings is langs die foto of video self geplaas.

My tour on "what we are doing on the farm" has been interrupted by rain, as you all probably know. So just an update fo...
04/06/2026

My tour on "what we are doing on the farm" has been interrupted by rain, as you all probably know. So just an update for those who do not watch my whatsapp "statuses" - we have had 76mm since Wednesday. But it is raining everywhere...this means we will be flooded again, hopefully much less than a month ago. It is just frustrating workwise with the earth, rivers and dams already saturated in full. Because now all repairing and salvaging work desperately needed on the farm had to be suspended. Die lae water bruggies in die omgewing is reeds onder water. Die Grootrivier is in vloed sowel as die Baviaansrivier en die Kouga dam loop natuurlik steeds (en sterker) oor.
The two temporarily roads that Theo built to the left and Lomon to the right of the old GK road just to get to the bottom orchards as well as Geelkrans, are now flooded again, so no access again.
The gravel roads Theo fixed (leading to the orchards on the mountains) will also be washed away again with water running from the "klofies" and seeping through the earth.
🛶🚁 I suspect we need to buy a helicopter in the near future.
My most important task on hand, is to read the rain metre. I have ditched my plastic-bag-shoes and weird headgear for my sister's old rain jacket and my Instep boots (that need new soles). Maybe I should contact Naomi Osaka about outfits🎾.
The video I post is not mine - it is 37 km from here and this water will come past Geelkrans again. So now just waiting for flood number 2. And making soup.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT!!!!!

What are we doing on the farm? Part 1During sad or shocking times you just need someone to sit and agree with you, just...
02/06/2026

What are we doing on the farm? Part 1

During sad or shocking times you just need someone to sit and agree with you, just to understand and Google totally "gets it", stating that "A severe flood, submerging citrus trees in full fruit, represents a catastrophic agricultural emergency." A catastrophic agricultural emergency. I couldn't explain the situation better, so for those who asked what's happening in the orchards, here we go. (Biologie Pa, die een is vir Pa!)
"At this depth, the entire root zone, trunk and lower canopy are completely cut off from oxygen - with a critical survival time of 24-72 hours.
Any ripe or ripening fruit that was physically under water for more than a few hours is ruined for commercial or consumption purposes. Fruit will absorb too much water, split, rot rapidly on the branch and drop off. The floodwaters also leave behind a thick layer of mud and silt on the remaining fruit and leaves which blocks sunlight, halts photosynthesis and chokes the gas exchanges. Fruit develop diseases like brown rot, sour rot, bacterial spot, fruit splitting, tree/root diseases...
Water displaces oxygen in the soil, suffocating the roots.
Also iron chlorosis (yellowing of plant leaves caused by an iron deficiency that prevents the plant from producing chlorophyll) as waterlogged soil locks out oxygen and essential nutrients, which prevents the leaves from absorbing iron, starving the tree of the energy needed to mature fruit."

Also, let us not forget the 100km\h winds that stripped the trees of fruit as well. ANYWAY, basically we needed to pick up all the contaminated fruit asap, strip the trees from their load...and move on...but to do that, we needed to clear around the trees. Sanitise, sanitise, sanitise. Unfortunately yes, the fruit then needed to be thrown away. At the same time roads needed to be fixed and rebuilt on the mountainous side of the farm as water keeps on draining through which makes it too muddy to access THOSE orchard with heavy vehicles, let alone bringing bins full of fruit down.

EK het nou 'n paar keer probeer om die video klein genoeg te kry om te laai, but no luck...die paddas se MB's is te hoog...
31/05/2026

EK het nou 'n paar keer probeer om die video klein genoeg te kry om te laai, but no luck...die paddas se MB's is te hoog. ELK GEVAL, it took 2 minutes; 16 seconds for the moon to emerge from behind the cliff. I could actually feel my blood pressure lowering, watching it rise while the "flood frogs" awoke. (It was even lovelier in real life - all yellow and perfect and peaceful and untouchable).

Die AI outjie wat sy neus in Google se sake steek, laat mens grinnik...ek wou net weet of my "tenses" reg is, maar nee, hy val heeltemal van die wa af en slaan kordaat sy eie koers in:
"Yes, absolutely - that is a beautiful, evocative phrase using personification and sensory details perfectly to paint a picture of deep relaxation and being in tune with nature. The contrast between the visual peace of the moon and the ambient sound of the frogs creates a strong, calming atmosphere. It perfectly captures the moment the world settles down and your stress melts away." Wel, goed dan, daar het ons dit. Flattery will get you everywhere.

After three weeks...
26/05/2026

After three weeks...

Dit het die afgelope week nog 15mm gereën, so die wêreld bly nat...nog water van die Grootrivier het ook weer in die riv...
23/05/2026

Dit het die afgelope week nog 15mm gereën, so die wêreld bly nat...nog water van die Grootrivier het ook weer in die rivier in gevloei , alhoewel darem nie te veel nie. Die pad na Geelkrans is ook nog nie begaanbaar nie. Dankie vir al die goeie wense, empatie, gebede en bemoediging. So jammer vir almal wat saam met my lief (is) (was) 🙃 vir Geelkrans...

Site 10 - the permanent tent with the NEW DOOR i loved so much. Hmmm, it ended up being NOT so permanent!
20/05/2026

Site 10 - the permanent tent with the NEW DOOR i loved so much. Hmmm, it ended up being NOT so permanent!

Site 11....
19/05/2026

Site 11....

19/05/2026

Joy in the suffering has four legs and white hair....

Die staanplekke vorm eintlik net een groot konsternasie, so ek sukkel om te sien waar die een begin en die ander eindig....
17/05/2026

Die staanplekke vorm eintlik net een groot konsternasie, so ek sukkel om te sien waar die een begin en die ander eindig..maar hier gaan ons met staanplek 2. Hy is nie heeltemal begaanbaar nie omdat die pad langs hom toegeval het.
Verder sal ek dan maar net weer die Clementine boord reg by die kampplek wys ... and yes, as soon as we have a road and a plan we WILL remember those who offered to come and help 😁 Run, Forest, run...

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