Corner View this week is 'DREAM' ... I love dreams. I have lots of them. Not the kind when you are sleeping. I sometimes have those too but they are usually weird. No, I'm talking about the kind of dreams where you get a thought in your head or a niggle in your heart about something that would be really neat to see happen or to be a part of. Some dreams are totally unattainable and that's ok. Like, I always wanted my family to be like the Von Trapp Family Singers ... and though we sang in church as a family a time or two, there were never any turned over boats, tree climbing in curtain 'play clothes' or nazi's involved. I'm ok with that though. I'm pretty ok with the fact that I'll never be an acrobat in the circus too but it's fun to think about ...
Other dreams I have are to travel the world. Starting with Greece and working my way through the rest of it. I'd love to work along side a chef (or multiple chefs) one day and learn from them. I have a dream, one day, to write a book. Or maybe a couple books. I'm thinking of making this one more of a goal than a dream.
But today, I want to share with you a dream that will come true in just a couple of months ... you see, I love our little garden. When you walk out my back door, this is what you find ...
We have two little raised garden beds full of stuff. Some greens ...
Like the rocket, rainbow chard, silverbeet (not pictured) and dwarf kale you see above. The grasshoppers love them too, as you can see.
We've got leeks growing. I'm super excited about these ! I also planted some spring onion seeds last week ...
We have 6 different chili plants, lots of herbs ... thyme, lemon thyme, pizza thyme, rosemary, oregano, flat leaf parsley, italian parsley, sage, tarragon, lemongrass, marjoram, chives, garlic chives, greek basil, sweet basil, thai basil and boxwood basil. Not to mention the coriander that is now self sowing ! In our rock pathway ! I love it !
and so do the bees !
We do pretty well with the space we have but one thing that bugs me is that the only veggies we really grow is the greens, which I'd like to grow more of too ! And this one sad looking tomato plant ...
So ... what's the dream bit ? Well ... I want to put in some more gardens ! But, if you look at the first photo you will see that there really isn't much room for more ! However ... let me show you the side of our house and tell you about my dream, that is finally becoming a plan !
This is the side of our house, leading to the back patio. A very unused space. But not for long. I've already pruned the magnolia tree, you can just see the stumps that were too big for my handsaw and are waiting for a chainsaw to come home from work with Rory to finish it off. Then, basically from where the hose is we are going to dig up the grass, level it off a bit, lay weed mat and put in three raised garden beds and fill 'em up with veggies !!! I'm so excited !!! We will probably do a little path way to the back with rocks and the same pavers that were used out there.
We will still have a front yard with grass and shade and bird feeders ! And we're even talking about putting a little bench of there ! Ooooh .... I can't wait for this dream to come true !!
What are your dreams ? I'll be popping round to visit with you other Corner View people to find out !
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