Gauteng Smallholder December 2015-January 2016 | Page 8

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Rainfall: Why no explanation as to why?

S

ir - I found your article
about spring rainfall in
our area to be very
informative, but I feel that you
could have delved more into
the reason we are asking
(pleading/praying/begging)
'when are the rains coming?
I am located in Walker's Fruit
Farms and I grow crops which
I supply to City Deep Market.

My biggest concerns about
Fred Pearson
our weather over the last few Walkerville
weeks are the intensity of the We did, in fact, highlight the
heat and the persistent wind
coming of a drought this
we have been experiencing.
season earlier in the year, and
It is the combination of the
covered quite extensively the
unusually high temperatures
cause, namely the El Nino
and the wind factor that is
drying out my land too
quickly and causing me to ask
“when are the rains coming?” From page 5
chart (Smallholder November).
A dry spring so far, 2000 to
2015 and it is clear how one
year has differed from another.
Springs is near Delmas, which
has one of the highest rainfalls
in South Africa but like Cape
Town versus Robben Island, a
few kilometres can get vastly
different rainfalls. Generally
Springs gets its fair share, but
nothing is happening yet.
Where in Springs can this
magazine be found?
If necessary I would offer a
subscription for a year to be

effect in the Pacific Ocean.
Read more about the
weather, and what rain you
can expect (not a helluva lot,
as it turns out) in this edition.
~ Editor

VEG GROWER

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www.sasmallholder.co.za

posted to me as the magazine
is of such great content and
interest.
Bob Gillies
Springs
In Springs itself you can pick
up copies from The
Lawnmower Shop, Stewarts &
Lloyds and Multifire & Power.
In Largo you can get copies at
Elco Steel and Pages Timber.
You can also read the
magazine online, as printed,
on our website,
www.sasmallholder.co.za.
~ Editor