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CONTENTS

ESTATE NEWS GARDENING
Message from the CEO 4 Garden winner of the month 26
Getting to know Walters Noordman 8 Clivia, queen of spring 27
Estate rules of the month 12
Easy steps to recycling in the estate 16 LIFESTYLE
Silver Lakes launches new app 17 Rescuing and relocating our African honey bees 28
News from the golf club 20 Crossword puzzle competition no. 8 39
Hit it with all you’ve got 22 Restaurant competition 40
Controlled fire in the game reserve 24 Five tips to go (partly) off the grid in SA 44
Upcoming estate events 30 Book reviews 47
A field excursion in the game reserve 31
Spring festival 32 TODAY’S CHILD
Book fair 34 Demystifying the teenage brain 41
Music in the park with Scheppel 35
CLASSIFIEDS 49

SILVER LAKES CONTRIBUTORS EIA PUBLISHING OFFICE Tel: 011 327 4062 - www.eiapublishing.co.za
27 Muirfield Boulevard, Silver Lakes HOA Daleen du Plessis PUBLISHER Nico Maritz - nico@eiapublishing.co.za
Silver Lakes, Silver Lakes Directors Leandré Mervis GRAPHIC DESIGNER Adéle Gouws - adele@dezignhq.co.za
0081 SALES MANAGER Martin Fourie - 072 835 8405 - martin@eiapublishing.co.za
PO Box 11106, Deon Pretorius Elize Malan ADVERTISING SALES Gerdie Murphy - 082 556 9863 - gerdie@eiapublishing.co.za
Silver Lakes 0054 Nienke Moolman Nicoleen Davies EDITOR Nicole Hermanson - nicoleh@nowmedia.co.za
Tel: +27 12 809 0142 Yolande Ehlers PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR Chris Grant - chrisg@nowmedia.co.za
Note from the Editor

t has been an eventful month at the article on the African honey bee provides New research into brain changes that
estate. By the time you read this issue, fascinating insights into its habits and habitat, occur during adolescence is yielding
Ithe new app will be fully operational, and how efforts are being made to ensure the results on how these changes can be
marking a turning point in how the estate survival of this endangered species. used to help teenagers achieve their
communicates with you going forward. For potential. Parents, read all about it – and
more details on the various icons you can Have you noticed a proliferation of orange take heart.
navigate, turn to page 17. flowers in shady spots here and there? These
are our indigenous clivia, which thrive in There’s so much more for you to delve
The estate also celebrated their first fire- spring. Read how you can hybridise them, into in this issue, from sports to books to
break burn conducted in the game reserve harvest them or simply scatter the seeds and our crossword, which is dedicated to the
to sustain the veld and boost the flora. A let them germinate. late British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II.
carefully managed operation, it went off
smoothly. Is all the load shedding getting you down? Enjoy!
Me too. Justin Killops reminds us of the
As always, life at Silver Lakes is a hive of resilience we South Africans are known for Until next time, take care
activity – not only for us humans, but also by suggesting affordable ways to generate
for the insects and plants around us. Our power during those disruptive outages. Nicole Hermanson
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