WOW- It is about a year ago that Samuel and I moved into Otamatea Ecovillage in Kaiwaka
What a year it has been. The first 6 months we rented a little flat at Peter's and Ning's place.
In January this year we started plastering and painting the cottage, belonging to Sabine and Wolfgang, our new home.
Wolfgang with Jessie on his lap and Sabine.
We moved in February and we started a trial partnership of one year with Sabine and Wolf. We are halfway there and boy, have I learned a lot about gardening - big and small jobs. I am also physically changing due to my daily input of digging, pulling weeds, pushing heavy weelbarrows up hills ( sometimes muddy and slippery), loosening soils, planting seedlings, etceterea...
There were are plastering with mud and painting with lime wash - all in the eco spirit
There were are plastering with mud and painting with lime wash - all in the eco spirit
samuel's first beehive
...more pictures of our 2 homes, where we garden, around the village and the many animals we encounter daily.
first place
new place
first place
Sabine's garden where we have the most veggies growing at this moment but that will change.
some views from and of the village or the peninsula we are living on...
taken from mountain road which gives you an overview of the Otamatea river that is accessible form our home - the village is situated on the left side of the river
top of the peninsula with the brynderwyn hills on the background
one of the coldest days this winter - we seldom have ice
me on the Sunday market in Mangawhai
