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Still in the beginning …

I found the old photos of the garden when we first bought the house in 2005. I cringe when I look at what we fell in love with! When I would dream of my ideal home I used to say to Kristen, my daughter, I want to have a farm with lots of chickens ……Check out the chicken coop. Got rid of that pronto.

The garden was full of higgledy-piggledy plants and flowers. There was no structure and the veggie patch was stuck in the far corner and no one could access it because it was so over gown – and full of snails! Yuck! But the love was there – the chickens were fat and the plants were lush and green.

Barbie's back garden with the old chicken coop.

By Barbara

Country living is the best! Being a true spirit of the earth, my garden is all about vegetables and fruit trees and herbs and chickens roaming free. I was keen to really start gardening when we moved to Philadelphia in 2005, but not your typical suburban-type garden – sterile and bug-free! I wanted an edible garden.

One reply on “Still in the beginning …”

I know EXACTLY what you mean!! When I was going through all my old photos I cringed too and asked myself “why on earth did I buy this house?”. haha, but I thought it was beautiful then and I do now … but its amazing how we changed our homes – yours more than mine though. You and Hannes are so creative and talented at these things. You have really built yourselves a beautiful home … so unique! xxx

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