A timeline.

1987 we were leaving Sydney. I was finished Nursing trainging at St George and Hubby looking for a new job. He'd been at Kent Instruments for many years.I knew I'd drag him away from Sydney eventually and he found a job in Nowra. It was either that or the Snowy Hydro Scheme in Cooma, which was a bit far and cold for my liking. Seeing I'd spent many years living in Milton then Mollymook, being close to those towns meant I was almost at home.

We sold our 1 bedroom flat in Kogarah, 8/11 Blake Street, and initally lived at 6 Jervis St Nowra in a rental with baby Amber, the company subsidised the rent so we were sweet! Amber in stroller and I were walking past a real estate agent in Nowra and I saw a faded advert for land and a house. Lot 91 Willowgreen rd Falls Creek, had been on the market for 18 mths. It was a tiny fibro cottage, and old garage, no secure fencing,  a 'pigshed' and 3.3 acres. It did have a massive black grape vine, two pear trees, and apple tree, a climbing rose on the car port, and many weeds. The land had been used for different  things, pigs, garlic, horses. Perfect. We visited and found it to be 3.3 acres of dead or dying wattles, a dam, 4 foot high kikuyu, lovely gum trees on the perimeters and birdsong. All I could see were possibilities.We had looked at other properties around Tomerong and Falls Creek but they were out of our budget. This one was $55,000. Just right. ( delapidated and cheap)

We bought and moved in November 1987. So the story begins.

We always knew we would re-build but when? 5 years, 10 , 15? And what method?

We are leaving this place.

 I'm back. This lovely place of ours is to be resumed for a drainage pit, by the Govt dept Transport NSW. I'm so glad I remembered I had made this blog. So many memories here. I'll add to them until we move house. Will be good way to say goodbye.

Pics of the wet garden

This is a collection of what's flowering now, Aye's olive tree has fruit, the plums are ripe but sadly have the 'worm', the apples are dropping to the ground, the hydrangeas have had a hard time in he rain, the rosemary died, the baby persimmon is a bit green (nutrients not available in the soil?)and the older persimmon gave no fruit at all after a bumper year last year (thankfully I still have some jam left, clever me!). The trees around the house have had a bumper year, the white cedar at the back door is huge this year. The pears are full of fruit too, only good for cooking though.

Raspberries and baby!

Welcome!

Welcome to One Willowgreen. We live on the South Coast of NSW, just inland from the sensational Jervis Bay. It's our playground, especially when the tourists have left for the year!
I don't know if my blog  title will stick, although it does mean a lot to me, it's where we've lived for 23+ years, raising a family, homebirthing 2 of them right here in the original fibro termite-ridden house, building a new strawbale house,celebrating life and living quietly. It's my little haven and headache. I want it to be so much more than that and by headache I don't mean I don't love living here, I always think the benefits outway the negatives  but we have had our challenges, what with new neighbours rocking our little boat, and a little termite problem, and the usual not enough time, and at times energy, to get it looking how I need it.

Well, this is why the blog commenced, to get things moving, and what better way than to track progress here!
I wandered around in the rain soaked garden and found some of my lovely rhubarb and picked some to make my virus go away! I might stew them lightly and add with apple and chuck them in the oven with my crumble topping. Yum. Some dollop cream and there's lunch!
I took a picture of my one(out of 6) surviving raspberry plant ( they were an experiment) and you never know, I might get it to flower? Either way I will get cuttings from it and will be happy with that.

My first task is to try and upload photos here. We'll see how it goes.