The Start Of A New Beginning

Today marks the beginning of a new practise in my life - blogging.  It's something that I have been thinking about for a very long time and it's only now that I have moved into a new home that it has come to fruition.  The new home that has been nicknamed  "The Ponderosa" because along with the grand old villa that was built in 1905, is 9 acres of absolute potential.  In fact it's that potential that has inspired me to capture every experience and share my learning's with whoever is keen to want to learn through this website. 

So a bit of background?  I've done the 1/4 acre property renovating a 1950's 70 m2 house extending it to 140 m2 of indoor/outdoor flow with tailored gardens containing roses, bays, fruit trees, lilies all sculptured with buxus hedging.  That was the first home project I entered into with my husband and two daughters and I must admit, it was an experience I learnt so much and was rewarded 100 times more than I ever thought I would with this home.


I have also done the 340 m2 two storey luxury build with double everything - showers, basins, ovens, fridges.  Wonderful indoor/outdoor flow, alfresco living, in ground salt water pool, fruit trees, vegetable gardens and all crammed into suburbia's 680 m2 section.  This was our 2nd project and a much different experience from the first and the rewards with this home was 1000 more than I had ever dreamt.


The Ponderosa offers a new type of life for me and my whanau or family and what I envisage is an opportunity to learn and live off the land without the dependence of the major supermarkets or commercial retailers who lack quality and flavour and have opted more for cheaper imitations riddled with chemicals, slave labour and no consideration for the environmental impact their quest to earn the mighty dollar has on the world.  


I hope to grow and live a much healthier and sustainable life but in saying that I don't claim to know everything or anything about achieving this outcome.  That is the new challenge - my new project.