how it all began

We moved in July 1996 and soon got to work!

the many changes my front yard has gone through....... and I am still working on it

Oh dear where do I start?

Well I started et voila!

I asked myself when I saw this how the heck am I going to tame this?

To this

from this

to this

from this

to this

I tried growing water melons for the market but decided it was too much for me and decided to go from this.
to this

This was an old cistern that was abandoned and used as a dumpster by the former owners.
Hubby got into it and filled many many bags of household and garden refuse that was thrown into this cistern. We then had to rent a dumpster to dispose of that refuse . This cistern was about 6 feet deep, we filled it with crushed limestone to about 3 ft then compacted it and filled with 18 inches of concrete. The pond is 2 1/2 ft deep now. Rodney the mason rebuilt the pond and tiled it with cut terracotta tiles.

Hubby and the booba dog enjoying their new pond

My scanner has stopped working so I couldn't include all the older pictures. Back then (12 yrs ago) I didn't have a digital. These were very exciting times for me. I just gardened by instinct and allowed the land to dictate how I would landscape it. It is going with the flow, keeping harmony, colour and balance in tune with each other.


PS my scanner is now working again so am back in business!