You only really get one chance at a new start. And while we have been here since January and work started on the garden in May when the container that held our worldly possessions was emptied into the house and removed, today is a new start. Probably the last opportunity to call something a new start in my new garden. For me it is the … Continue reading A Notable Situation
While we were away, I did do a lot of thinking about what needs to be done to get the garden ready for the spring. I have a fixed vision in my head of how I want it to be and it is shaping up nicely. But things were also happening behind the scenes. I’m not all that great with my spatial awareness as shown … Continue reading Lists of things to do
I have a mountain of earth to move. It equates to 6 truckloads of good quality swamp-like soil from ‘up near Froggies’ near where we used to live. I feel confident it will be a fabulous growing medium for my new garden and it appears to be weed free. It has been hanging about for a couple of months now and nothing nasty has reared … Continue reading Moving Mountains
I feel like I have bitten off more than I can chew, and my eyes are bigger than my stomach but I really want what I want, so I will work hard to get there. My garden is huge. Last time it was built up slowly over 10 years. This time I want it all done in 10 weeks. Actually I have longer than that … Continue reading Progress
Nature abhors bare earth and who am I to argue with that. So not long after the bulldozer finished bulldozing I set to work laying out my garden. It is such a momentous thing. I have been dreaming about it for months and months. Fortunately, the vision in my head is flexible as it has needed to morph into something else a couple of times. … Continue reading Laying down in beds
It is always the way – you just get to sink your teeth into an exciting project and something comes along and throws a spanner in the works. We had a productive couple of days with the bulldozer sorting out my land. Gone are the undulating lumps and bumps. All but the merest hint of Kikuyu grass is gone and the base for my garden … Continue reading Looking to the future
Today is a fabulous day. After months of being gardenless, it is all about to change. I have dreamed of this moment and can hardly believe it has come. The container with all our worldly possessions has gone. I made the brave call to book the truck to come and get it before we had even begun to empty it. I work better with a … Continue reading Breaking ground
It is funny the way you get used to things. We’ve been out here living in a caravan for about 8 weeks or so. And in those 8 weeks there hasn’t been a whole lot of activity to be seen, except the arrival of the water tank the other week. It isn’t like things aren’t being done as behind the scenes the project manager has … Continue reading Chopping and changing.
After 87 days from idea to realisation, we are now all moved and settled in to our new place. Well not quite settled in. We are living in a caravan with all our worldly possessions scattered about the place waiting to be rearranged in a orderly fashion. We may be there for a short while, the house arrives, all going well in early March or … Continue reading A Sea Change
If you had told me nine weeks ago that I would willingly give up my garden I would have told you that you were lying. I spent a long time dreaming and planning for this season. I have tomatoes from A to Z. My spuds, planted lovingly in September, aren’t due out until March. And don’t get me started on the sweetcorn. I was not … Continue reading And… Sold
