We moved two weeks ago to a house at the beach and will be sharing our time between here and town for a few months, then the beach will be our permanent home, yay!
I started gardening as soon as we arrived, the first week, some herbs and silver beet, last week lettuce and this week pak choi and rosemary. I also found two cheap fuschias at the garden centre for a shady spot at the back door.
We have different tastes, he likes native trees, and I like veges, herbs and flowers to pick. I am keen to keep fences to grow beans and sweet peas against, he is keen to open the section up and just have shelter cloth. Hopefully our small section will accommodate us both!
There is an exisiting black passionfruit vine, strawberries, lemon tree (nice not to have to start growing yet another one) tomato plants still producing and I just picked one large pumpkin.
Gardening in sand will have it's challenges, but between purchased compost and the three compost bins, plus endless grounds from all the coffee we drink and various other organic means (pony poo, sheep pellets, shredded newspaper etc) I am hopeful I will have a productive garden.
Pukeko's will also be challenging I suspect. They visit often and being called "swamp hens" their behaviour is very hen like, pecking and foraging in the ground constantly. Perhaps coffee grounds will keep them away as they did cats at my last garden.
