SPECIALparent

When my two children went into respite care for the weekend, sometimes we would take the opportunity to go away and have a real break (this was back in the days when we both worked and could afford to regularly book in at a motel!!) 

There was one spot we discovered that was a great place for us to feel relaxed in.  The accomodation consisted of simple cottages surrounded by beautifully kept gardens with a path that wound its way down to the sea.  No traffic.  No noise.  No worries.

It was something that we discovered we had in common a number of years into our marriage – the pleasure and peacefulness of being in nature, surrounded by green, lush vegetation.

I wondered why we couldn’t try to re-create something of this atmosphere in our own back yard if it was something we both appreciated and enjoyed so much?  That was when we began in earnest to design and establish our own garden instead of the meagre offerings left by the former house-owner.  We found the process and results to be so rewarding!

At about the same time we decided to resurrect the vegetable patch.  Again, it gave us so much pleasure to plant and pick our own produce.

A couple of years ago we shifted house, leaving behind all of our gardening endeavours.  So, we are starting again.  Its not sad – its exciting.  We can’t afford big plants, so we buy small, and enjoy watching the garden slowly transform.  The vege patch is the next step.  A potager with a kiwi twist.  Watch this space!!!