From Humble Beginnings

Our lives changed dramatically in 2009, we were blessed with the arrival of our gorgeous baby girl but also sold our house and moved on to the next big thing. We were excited, impulsive and full of ambition when we packed up our lives and headed for a new beginning. It was the beginning of a journey that has proved to be challenging.

As the first blog of our adventures of building a new house, a new garden and future for our family, I feel the need to pay tribute to the little house which was our home for five years and which I struggled to let go of for the first twelve months after moving.

Our little house was just like any other in a comfortable suburb of the Central Coast. We bought the house as our very first and spent the next five years renovating it. With a new kitchen, timber flooring and new doors, the seventies look was a distant memory. My heart however lay with the garden.

We created the garden from a backyard of nothingness. The garden was an oasis. Whenever a bit of soul food was required, a quiet sit in the backyard was all that was needed. Rob built a pond which we filled with lillies and fish. I have heard that the new owner now enjoys a lily which we left behind.

We created the garden beds using $10/t sandstone rubble (great for natives) and filled them with plants from our favourite nursery - The Wildflower Place at Erina Heights. We had a special attachment to the plants as they were a gift from friends.

Ruby (our dog) enjoyed the sunshine and regularly squashed my new plants as she enjoyed a piece of splendour. What I miss most however, is the sense of pride which comes with a successful garden and enjoying the beauty created from hard work. It is something that we have once again started to enjoy as preparations for our vegetable garden have commenced.

As I move forward into the future , I will never forget the happiness I was able to enjoy at our first little house.