The New Well

Drilling the New Well

A new garden was to be created in the corner of the Hazelnut Orchard, by the new well. Here is a classic photograph of the area, when the drilling rig was here.

Water Quality

Water quality experts will be pleased to know that our water tests are brilliant. We are lucky to have access to such clean water. I will try and persuade Stephen to publish the technical aspects of the well - for anyone who is interested!

So in the spring of 2004 (September) I should have been busy digging the new garden, taking before and after photographs. Naturally I had hazy romantic visions of roses scrambling over the pale green water tank, and peonies glowing in the sun. This was to be a flax-free garden!

Public Apology - February 2005

Oops! Neither with spade nor with shovel have I disturbed a single sod of the earth yet. Now where did I get sidetracked to?

Interesting Developments - The Site of a Rose Garden?

In the middle of March 2005, just for a few days, this whole area was mentally, theoretically transformed into a birthday rose garden - with standard olive trees thematically linking the flowers with the nut trees. Alas - common sense prevailed (and thoughts of no irrigation, no southerly shelter, gum leaves and gum bark dropping from the sky above, and so on)... A far better idea was be cheap, tough New Zealand natives - Pittosporums and flaxes.

Footnote

Well, I planted the New Zealand natives. But they didn't enjoy the lack of water. And the surrounding grass area was so scruffy. So one by one all the natives were shipped out, and planted in more hospitable places in the garden.