my garden escape

[Shelle]

to me my garden is the most peaceful place, it is my meditation.

i am enjoying nature and am able to ask and work through any issues.

if only we all put into the earth:)

thank you all for being here ... a place i feel with like minded people.

[wulf]

It's certainly one of the most restorative places I can think of, even though it's not particularly large and we're surrounded by neighbours.

I think some of that is the wonder of nature, how every day the garden is both the same and different to the day before. I suspect it's also something to do with the time spent tending and caring for it. It represents a significant amount of hard work, thinking and planning. To some extent, I've had to earn the right to enjoy the benefits of any garden by the labour I've invested in my own!

Wulf

[Shelle]

So true Wulf:)

I spent all afternoon in the garden and i have a soft spot for my new passion fruit i planted last week - already it has started to move its way along the path i have set for it - it is very exciting in deed!

Nature has sprung in AUS and i am touched to be a part of it:)

[Wombat]

Works for me too Shelle!

I am a bit frustrated at the moment, having decided not to plant any veggies this spring bcaus we are going OS for a month at the end of the year - it would all be dead in the heat!

So I have to wait till be get back to get it moving again.............Bugger!

Nev

[Millymollymandy]

Isn't that a pain? Not being able to go on holiday because of the veggies, or not being able to grow veggies if you go away. I suppose it is too much to ask a neighbour given the heat and sunshine you get there. Who's going to look after your chooks?

When we have gone on hols in the past we got housesitters in. But none of the couples wanted to come back to our place - not surprised really the amount of plant watering they had to do!!

[ina]

Hey, you've just given me a brilliant idea: Why not start a house-sitting swap on here? The British could go on a "holiday" (well, apart from the watering) in France, Portugal, Australia or NZ, and you could all cool down a bit in good old Britain and keep the pipes from freezing and the hens fed!

Ina

[Wombat]

Good idea Ina!

Well M3, I am hoping that a mate will take the chooks, otherwise they will be left to the tender mercies of the next door neighbours, who are pretty good but it is still a bit of a worry. December is not our hottest month but it was in the 30s here today so we are shaping up for a warm summer I think!

Nev

[ina]

Can't you bring them along, Nev?

I have seen dogs and cats on planes before, so why not chooks? And if they run out of food, or have another dispute with the suppliers of those ready meals as BA had this summer, you can always collect the eggs and have them boiled...

That's the worry with animals, though. Exactly why I don't have a dairy goat as yet - don't think I'd find anybody willing to do the milking of I went away at the wrong time of year! Feeding isn't a problem here.

Ina

[Wombat]

Good idea Ina!

I think they would probably charge me an extra seat though!

Nev