We've been here for two weeks and already we have made our mark on the plot. Like good peasants we are making sure the animals are happy and productive and that there will be ample food in the ground. This bed is for perennials, herbs, flowers and a fruit tree on either end - apricot and apple. Down in the chook run there are chestnut, pear and olive trees and a fig hanging over from the neighbour's side. We will put in a big vege patch in front of the chooks and grow along the fence line too. There's lots of space. Martin co established the bio dynamic farm and tended the animals at Ceres some years ago so our garden is in very good hands.
We are finding our rhythm together as a blended family. It's challenging but worth it to have our relationships develop and to feel the strength of commitment and the pleasure to be had for us all. Life seems to be a constant practice in letting go - in even just understanding what needs to be let go of!
Contemplating the need for some more work and possibly some study next year. Can't garden and paint the days away just yet.....
2 comments:
Wow your garden is in good hands! And the kids look to be getting on well together- I expect that as with any set of siblings there will be 'fun' times for you guys.
In response to your question on my blog I have in a way adopted another girl child. She is a friend of Chicky Babe who's blended family is not so successful- due mainly to the fact that the adults in the family are not actually very adult and money and show are more important to love, feelings and a sense of belonging. Sometimes she needs a soft place to fall and I am it. She sometimes even calls me mum.
P.S she doesn't actually live here but is welcome at anytime.
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