The future is Riversdale green
It’s August and the landscape around Riversdale is as green as the bakkie parked in front of the Suid-Kaap Verf paint shop. As you drive to town, the scenery next to the N2 is hypnotic: to the north is the hazy blue Langeberg; to the south, green wheat fields undulate towards Still Bay and Vermaaklikheid.
Wheat, barley and lucerne grow green, but the other crop that is easy to discern is John Deere yellow: canola. The fertile soil and relatively high rainfall (the region only experiences drought sporadically) make this area ideal for farming. Merino sheep swarm like khaki-coloured ants; Friesian and Jersey cows mark a dairy farm; and an unexpected camp of ostriches appears, their long necks held high.
How many times have I driven through Riversdale? I usually fill my tank at the Engen or buy a coffee at the
