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Op ons Webwerf Sekuriteit Monte Christo Reënval Verjaar jy in
Maart? Vir die herfstuin Troeteldiere Herstel van paaie Spyskaart
vir Maart
Die projek om die biometriese sekuriteitstelsel en skandeerders
op te gradeer, vorder goed. Die
hardeware, batterye en kabels is reeds geïnstalleer, en die
proses om die sagteware en databasis te
laai, is op dreef. Die finale oorskakeling tussen die ou en nuwe
stelsels sal hopelik teen die einde van
die maand gedoen kan word, want die proses geniet hoë
prioriteit.
Daar word tans algemene instandhoudingswerk aan die
Sekuriteitskantoor-kompleks gedoen. Gee asseblief u samewerking
deur versigtig in en uit te beweeg. Onthou ook dat u toegang het
tot die Landgoed se Paniek-stelsel. Gaan kyk op ons webwerf in
verlede maand se Nuusbrief hoe om aan te sluit.
Neem asseblief kennis dat die volgende nuut op ons
webwerf geplaas is:
➢ Nuwe Reëls ten opsigte van bou-aktiwiteite.
➢ Die prosedure wat gevolg moet word indien jy
wil bou of veranderings wil aanbring.
Dit is baie belangrik dat jy hiervan sal kennis neem
voordat jy aanbouings aan jou bestaande huis wil
aanbring, of ‘n nuwe huis wil bou.
Neem asseblief kennis dat
daar geen Nuusbrief in
April sal wees nie.
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Mense vra my dikwels of ons in ‘n winter- of somerreënvalstreek
bly. Indien my aanname reg is dat die
somerseisoen strek vanaf November tot April en die winterseisoen
vanaf Mei tot Oktober, dan dui die
data van reënval wat ek sedert 2015 byhou ‘n neiging na meer
reënval in die somer. Die totale reënval
vir die maande November 2015 tot Januarie 2020 was 829mm in die
somertydperk en 599mm vir die
wintertydperk. Maar die data is nog te min om ‘n betekenisvolle
patroon te bevestig.
Die volgende grafiek werp meer lig hierop.
Statistiek van die afgelope vier jaar wys die volgende:
• Die reënval in 2019 (281mm) was 17% minder as die reënval in
2018 (339mm).
• In 2019 was daar vier maande wat die hoogste reënval gehad het
die afgelope vier
jaar (Maart, April, Mei en Junie).
• Daar was ook in dié jaar vier maande wat die laagste reënval
gehad het (Januarie,
Februarie, Augustus en Oktober).
• Oor die afgelope vier jaar het November 2016 (3mm) die minste
reën gekry, gevolg deur Junie
2017 (4mm), April 2018 (5mm) en Oktober 2019 (5mm).
• Ons meeste reën het in die maande September, November en
Januarie geval -- Januarie 2020
(110mm), September 2016 (77mm), September 2019 (76mm), September
2018 (59mm) en
November 2017 (69mm).
• Die meeste reën per dag was op 14 November 2017 (69mm), 29
September 2019 (65mm), 7
Januarie 2016 (60mm) en 8 September 2018 (38mm).
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Verjaar jy in Maart? Ek het nog nooit iemand teengekom wat nie
van Affodille hou
nie. Selfs digters besing dié trompetblom se skoonheid.
Hierdie blomme se vrolike kleur maak hulle welkom in enige tuin
of
blommeruiker. En as jy in Maart verjaar, is jy gelukkig, want
dis
jou verjaarsdagblom!
Ongelukkig vir ons in die Suidelike Halfrond,
is die Affodil ‘n lenteblom, en dus nie nou
in seisoen nie. Geniet dus op jou
verjaarsdag van die ander blomme wat
vreugde en geluk simboliseer, soos Gerberas,
Iceberg-rose en Hibiscus.
Vir my is reën nie water nie. Dit reën affodille; in elke
kuiltjiedruppel sien ek
veldblomme op veraf heuwels. – Robert Lovemann
Die herfs kruip nader, en tuinliefhebbers dink seker al daaraan
hoe om hulle tuine vir die herfs
en winter voor te berei. As jy later in die jaar kleur in jou
tuin wíl hê, is dit nou die tyd om te
beplan. Daar is ‘n hele klomp pragtige plante waaruit jy kan
kies.
Probeer gerus die ou, geurige staatmaker, die Pronkertjie. Wag
tot die middel van
April of begin van Mei om hulle te plant. Doen jou voorbereiding
‘n dag vantevore
deur die grond met ‘n bietjie kalkwater te besprinkel, en die
sade oornag in water
te week. Onthou – hulle is rankplante. Lei hulle op teen ‘n
sonnige muur, en
siedaar – so goed soos ‘n kleurvolle skildery!
Oorweeg dit om inheemse bolle soos Babianas, Freesias en
Ixias
vir die winter en lente te plant. En moenie die affodille
vergeet nie!
Onthou om jou bolle in ‘n koel, droë plek te bêre totdat
temperature
daal.
Saai die saad van inheemse eenjarige blomme soos Namakwaland
madeliefies, Nemesias, Felicias, Heliophila en Ursinias. Jy kan
dit
sommer tussen jou winterbolle plant. Geniet die tuinmaak, en
onthou om water te
bespaar waar jy kan!
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Herstel van paaie en randstene
Die projek om die paaie en randstene te herstel is nog aan die
gang. Rietduikerstraat en
‘n groot gedeelte van Blue Crane is reeds gedoen. Addisionele
spanne is nou ingebring
om die werksaamhede by die hoofingang asook Guineafowlstraat te
bespoedig. Daarna
sal Bosduif- en Kroonkiewietstrate aandag kry.
Die vervanging van alle beskadigde randstene in hierdie
areas behoort ook eersdaags te begin.
Ons dank aan almal se samewerking tydens hierdie
herstelwerkproses.
Troeteldiere bly ‘n probleem Ons Landgoed het, met goeie rede,
reëls in verband met die besit en beheer van
troeteldiere. Ongelukkig lig sommige eiendomsagente nie
voornemende inwoners
hieroor in nie.
Ten spyte van vorige versoeke om die reëls te gehoorsaam, is
daar steeds oortredings.
Die reëls is op ons webwerf beskikbaar en sal voortaan streng
toegepas word. Let veral
op die volgende:
Geen inwoner mag, sonder skriftelike goedkeuring van die HEV,
meer as
twee troeteldiere op sy eiendom aanhou nie.
Op die gemeenskaplike areas
mag troeteldiere nie los ronddwaal
nie, maar moet onder toesig en
aan ‘n leiband wees.
Indien jou troeteldier op enige gemeenskaplike
area ontlas, moet jy as die dier se eienaar die
ontlasting onmiddellik verwyder.
Elke troeteldier moet ʼn halsband dra, waaraan ‘n plaatjie met
die kontak-
besonderhede van die eienaar is. Diere wat daarsonder rondloop,
kan gevang en
geskut word.
Alle katte, manlik en vroulik, moet gesteriliseer wees.
Jou hond se geblaf mag nie van so ‘n aard wees dat dit steurnis
vir ander
inwoners veroorsaak nie.
Die HEV het die reg om ʼn troeteldier wat ʼn steurnis op die
Landgoed
is, te verwyder, en om boetes op te lê.
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Maandag Dinsdag Woensdag Donderdag Vrydag Sondag 01-Mar
E-pos
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Skakel of WhatsApp
27745800891
Koue visvoorgereg
Varkboud
Hoender à la King
Geurige rys
Soetpampoen
Brokkoli &
blomkoolgebak
Vlatert
02-Mar 03-Mar 04-Mar 05-Mar 06-Mar 08-Mar
Selfbou Burgers:
Maalvleis- en
pasta Sop Slaai en brood
Slaai, tamatie & kaas Bief Schnitzel gebak Gebakte vis
Bobotie
Vars en braai-uie Sampioensous Vars brood Beeskerrie Skyfies
Hoender Schnitzel
Komkommer Gebraaide rys Groente Sambals Patats Geelrys
Sampioensous Slaai Slaaie Rys 2 Slaaie Karamelpampoen
Skyfies Koffie Soetwortels Spinasie en feta
Vrugteslaai en
roomys
09-Mar 10-Mar 11-Mar 12-Mar 13-Mar 15-Mar
Lasagne Varknek Sop Heuning en soja-rib Viskoekies Selfbou
slaaie
Soetrissie en kaas Gebakte aartappel Hoender Schnitzel Skyfies
Fyn wortel-aartappel Gebraaide bief
Brood Groenboonbredie Kaassous 2 Slaaie Kruisement-ertjies
Hoenderkerrie
2 Slaaie Geglasuurde wortels Gegeurde rys Koffie Mousse
Spesery-rys
Ligte nagereg
Gebakte
mengelgroente Groenboonbredie
Pampoen
Malva & vla
16-Mar 17-Mar 18-Mar 19-Mar 20-Mar 22-Mar
Beeswors
Heuning-mosterd
hoender Sop Gebakte vis Bobotie Sop en slaai
Mieliepap Gekruide rys Frikkadelle Aartappelwiggies Geelrys
Oondhoender
Sheba Gesmoorde wortels
Tamatie- en
uiesous Gemengde groente Pampoen Lamskerrie
2 Slaaie Geroomde spinasie Spaghetti Slaai Slaai Basmati rys
Malva & vla 2 Slaaie Ligte nagereg Wortels
Koffie Gebakte blomkool
Sjokolade mousse
koek
23-Mar 24-Mar 25-Mar 26-Mar 27-Mar 29-Mar
Gevulde aartappels Hoenderpastei
Gebraaide
varkboud Gebakte vis Herderspastei Sop en brood
Maalvleis en kaas Sous Sous Aartappelskyfies Pampoenkoekies Bief
parmigiana
Kerriegroente Skyfies Kapokaartappel Patats Vrugtebord
Hoenderpastei
Koolslaai 2 Slaaie Gebraaide wortel
Brokkoli en
blomkool Koffie en iets soets Gebraaide aartappel
Groenslaai Jellie, vrugte en vla Groenslaai Gemengde groente
Fyn ertjies
Crème Brûlée
30-Mar 31-Mar
Oondhoender
Ham- en
kaasgevulde
Gebraaide aartappel pannekoeke
Mieliegebak Slaai
Slaai Gebakte nagereg
Spyskaart vir Maart
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Huiseienaarsvereniging Home Owners’ Association
For a better lifestyle...
Vir ‘n beter lewenstyl...
EKO-LANDGOED ECO ESTATE www.montechristoestate.co.za
Please take note of the following new documents on
our website:
➢ New Rules on Building Activities.
➢ The procedure to be followed when
you wish to build or renovate a house.
It is very important that you familiarise yourself
with this information before you start building or
renovating.
Please note that there will
be no Newsletter in April.
On our Website Security Monte Christo Rainfall March birthday?
Autumn garden Pets Repair of roads Menu for March
SecurityThe project to upgrade the biometric security system and
scanners is in progress. The hardware,
battery packs and cables have been installed and the process to
load the software and database is on
track. The final switchover between the old and new systems will
hopefully be done by the end of the
month, as this project has high priority.
General maintenance is being done at the Security Office
complex. Please cooperate by being careful when entering or
exiting. Please remember that you can access the Estate’s Panic
System. Instructions on how to join were published in the February
2020 Newsletter, which is available on our website.
http://www.montechristoestate.co.za/
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I am often asked whether we live in a winter or summer rainfall
region. If I am correct, the summer season
is from November to April and the winter season from May to
October. The rainfall data I’ve kept since
2015 show a tendency to more summer rainfall. The total rainfall
for the months November 2015 to January
2020 was 829mm in the summertime and 599mm in winter. However, I
do not have enough data to confirm
a meaningful pattern.
The following graph sheds more light on this.
My statistics of the past four years show the following:
➢ The rainfall in 2019 (281mm) was 17% less than the rainfall in
2018 (339mm).
• In 2019, the months with the highest rainfall over the 4-year
period were March, April, May and
June.
• In the same year, there were 4 months with the lowest rainfall
(January, February, August and
October).
• Over the past four years, the lowest rainfall was during
November 2016 (3mm), followed by June
2017 (4mm), April 2018 (5mm) and October 2019 (5mm).
• The highest rainfall was during the months of September,
November and January:
January 2020 (110mm), September 2016 (77mm), September 2019
(76mm), September 2018
(59mm) and November 2017 (69mm).
• The highest rainfall in one day was recorded on 14 Nov 2017
(69mm), 29 September 2019 (65mm),
7 January 2016 (60mm) and 8 September 2018 (38mm).
The monthly rainfall for the period September 2015 to January
2020 is shown in the following graph:
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“She turned to the sunlight And shook her yellow head,
And whispered to her neighbor:
"Winter is dead.”
― A.A. Milne, When We Were Very Young
Is your birthday in March?
I haven’t met anyone who does not like Daffodils. Even poets
wax lyrical about this yellow trumpet’s beauty.
The happy colour of these flowers make them a welcome
addition
to any garden or flower spray, and if your birthday is in
March, you are lucky, because it is your birthday flower!
Unfortunately for us in the Southern Hemis-
phere, daffodils are spring flowers and not
in season at this time of year, so rather enjoy
other flowers on your birthday that symbolise
joy and happiness, such as Gerberas, Iceberg
roses and Hibiscus.
It is not raining rain to me. It's raining daffodils; In every
dimpled drop I
see wild flowers on distant hills. - Robert Loveman
As we enter the early stages of autumn, garden enthusiasts, I’m
sure, are already contemplating
what to plant and how to prepare and beautify their gardens at
this time of the year. Now is the
time to plan ahead by planting beauties like those listed below
so you can enjoy colour in your
garden later in the year.
Try the lovely and sweet smelling Sweat pea. Prepare to plant
Sweet peas a day
ahead, water in a sprinkle of lime and soak the seeds in water
overnight. Wait
until mid-April or early May to sow the seeds. Remember, they
are climbers and a
nice and sturdy looking trellis against a sunny wall will keep
them happy and
change that dull looking wall into a veritable colourful
painting!
For winter and spring bulbs, consider planting indigenous
species
like Freesias, Babianas, Ixias, and of course, Daffodils!
Remember to keep your bulbs in a cool, dark place until the
weather cools down.
Sow seeds of indigenous Annuals like Namaqualand daisy,
Nemesias,
Felicias, Heliophila (blue flax) and Ursinias. You can
inter-plant these with
your winter and spring bulbs.
Happy gardening and remember to always conserve water as best
you can!
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Other Emergency numbers
Noodnommers
Pets remain a problem There is a good reason for our Estate
having rules about the owning and control of pets.
Sadly, some estate agents do not inform prospective residents
accordingly.
Despite requests in previous publications regarding these rules,
we still have
transgressions. The rules are available on our website and will
be strictly enforced in
future. Please take special note of the following:
No resident may keep more than two pets on their property
without the written consent of the HOA.
Pets may not, under any circumstances, be on
common areas unattended, and
have to be on a leash.
If your pet defecates on any common
area, you as the owner must remove the waste
immediately.
Each pet should wear a collar and tag with the contact details
of the owner. Pets
wandering around without it can be rounded up and impounded.
All cats, male as well as female, have to be spayed.
The barking of your dog may not be such as to inconvenience
other residents.
The HOA has the right to remove a pet that causes a disturbance
on the
Estate and may also impose fines.
Repair of roads and kerbs
The project of repairing our roads and kerbs is ongoing.
Rietduiker Street and a large
portion of Blue Crane Road has already been completed.
Additional labour teams have
been brought in to expedite work at the main entrance as well as
in Guineafowl Street.
Following this, Bosduif and Kroonkiewiet Streets will be
attended to.
The replacement of all damaged kerbs in these areas will
also commence shortly.
We thank everyone for their cooperation during this repair
process.
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01-Mar
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Cold fish starter
Boston butt
Chicken à la King
Savoury rice
Sweet pumpkin
Broccoli & cauli bake
Custard slice
02-Mar 03-Mar 04-Mar 05-Mar 06-Mar 08-Mar
DIY Burgers Beef Schnitzel Mince& pasta bake Soup Salad and
breads
Lettuce, tomato, cheese, Mushroom sauce Fresh breads Beef curry
Fried fish Bobotie
Fried & fresh onion Fried rice Vegetables Sambals Chips
Chicken schnitzel
Cucumber, Salad Salad Rice Sweet potato Yellow rice
Mushroom sauce Coffee Sweet carrots 2 Salads Caramel pumpkin
Chips Spinach & feta
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Fruit salad & ice
cream
09-Mar 10-Mar 11-Mar 12-Mar 13-Mar 15-Mar
Lasagne Pork neck Soup Honey & soy ribs Fish Cakes DIY Salad
bar
Sweet chili & cheese Potato bake Chicken Schnitzel Chips
Carrot/ potato mash Roast beef
Breads Green bean stew Cheese sauce 2 Salads Minted peas Chicken
curry
2 Salads Glazed Carrots Savoury rice Coffee Mousse Spiced
rice
Light dessert Grilled mix veg Green bean stew
Pumpkin
Malva & custard
16-Mar 17-Mar 18-Mar 19-Mar 20-Mar 22-Mar
Beef sausage Honey mustard Soup Fish bake Bobotie Soup and
salad
Mielie pap chicken Meat Balls Potato wedges Yellow rice Oven
roast chicken
Sheba sauce Herbed rice Tomato &onion Mixed vegetables
Pumpkin Mutton curry
2 Salads Braised carrots gravy Salad Salad Basmati rice
Malva & custard Creamed spinach Spaghetti Light dessert
Carrots
2 salads Cauliflower bake
Coffee
Chocolate mousse
cake
23-Mar 24-Mar 25-Mar 26-Mar 27-Mar 29-Mar
Loaded spuds Chicken pie Roast leg of pork Grilled fish Cottage
pie Soup and bread
Mince and cheese Gravy Gravy Potato wedges Pumpkin fritters Beef
parmigiana
Curried vegetables Chips Mash Potato Sweet potatoes Fruit
platter Chicken pie
Coleslaw 2 Salads Roast carrots Broccoli & Coffee and a
sweet Roast potato
Green salad
Jelly, fruit and
custard Green Salad cauliflower Mixed vegetables
Crushed peas
Crème Brûlée
30-Mar 31-Mar
Oven roast chicken Ham and cheese
Roast potato filled pancakes
Corn bake Salad bar
Salad Baked dessert
Menu for March
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