In the unimaginable scheme of all things, we, as Homo sapiens, have lived but a short time upon this verdant planet.
Me, surprisingly, even less.
In my geologically short life, I have lived in many many places. Here, in Lamothe, I believe, hope and pray, will be my final resting place. If 'resting' means working all the bloody hours of the day in the garden...
We bought this place over five years ago and spent two years moulding it into something both habitable and congenial, attempting to maintain its original character, such as wooden beams, daub and wattle, Wi-Fi and air-conditioning.
We had, after much effort and copious meals in the local bar, produced the outline of what was to be the basic design of the garden, awaiting ideas and, let's face it, money.
There were urgent landscaping tasks, such as buying an entire quarry so as to give us enough rocks to prevent our house from gradually floating down the valley.
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| January 2016 |
Just add a few rocks...  | ||
| May 2021 After much noise, mud, swearing and gold ingots, we ended up with a terraced garden that closely resembled a moonscape.
Which has slowly transmogrified into this; a less moon-like landscape... |
May 2021
We planted shed-loads of grass, which thankfully grew nearly as rapidly as the shed-loads of weeds.
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| October 2017 |
We then added various bits and pieces
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| May 2021 |
The terraforming of a sloping field resulted in a huge amount of banking (about one kilometre) which we then covered with liner in a vain attempt at reducing the weedy onslaught.
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| October 2017 |
Against my better judgment we planted a crazy numbers of roses. Hopefully we'll get one or two flowers out of all this lunacy...
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| May 2021 |
The first tree planted was this magnolia, covering some of my parents' ashes.
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| March 2016 |
It is still young, but becoming more magnificent by the year. Mum always had green fingers, whereas dad never knew roots from stems. I always picture them battling between themselves to control this tree.
So far, mum is winning.
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| March 2021 |
The garden behind our new home took a while to get under control...
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| May 2016 |
But now, with the help of multiple gardening tools and multiple aching limbs, we have achieved the highly improbable. Control, on the other hand, is an ever ongoing enterprise...
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| May 2021 |
There is, and always will be, much to do. Hopefully you can come and visit.
Now and then.
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