It’s that time for my yearly commentary about my little farm in Loksbergen
Eight weeks i was again living the dream. This time even the weather was living the dream. Exotic temperatures were displaying day after day.
At my arrival 5 pallets of concrete,sand and stones were waiting. It was time to pour some concrete. First there was a big clean up of wild flora and a few piles of broken stones that needed to be moved from one side to another.
My front garden, is getting to his end game. A Little bridge connects one side to the other side of the pond. All the little walkways in the front garden are now connected. The entrance of the parking to the garden has now an access of three big steps and only one garden wall still needs to be erected and its just a matter of decking stones and the little gravel stones on the path, and the front garden is completely finished. The only thing that would make the front garden look different every year is the grow of my fruit plants and other plants.
The back garden is still a long way of the finishing touch. And this year there was not much activity going on in the back garden . Except the plants , who are now getting a decent sizes. The only thing that changed was the start of a patio. The resting area in the back garden is been layed out, and the first brick walls has been erected.
All by all, i would say that the garden in my little farm is finished about around 70 %. So i’m quit happy and still in head of my schedule that i placed myself 5 years ago.
One big unexpected project of my holiday in the year of 2018 was the visual connection between my front garden and back garden , the back shed that was dividing my property in two different parts has been reduced to a wall of less then a metre. Now i’m able to see all the way to my back garden to see if Eve has decided to come along and to pick her favourite fruit.
The driveway is now closed to the public. From this day on I'm in my legally right to shoot people trespassing my property, except i’m in the wrong country to do so. The gate in the driveway is a reminder of all the things that were dogged out the dirt during my last summers.
The inside of the house is still a slowly process. Slowly , very slowly, the interior walls are getting treated. A few walls are rendered, but still i’m only on 40% of my schedule inside the house. So the next holiday time , definitely more energy and more money needs to be spend to get the inside going.
But 2018 is an important year. I’m half way of my serious drain of financial means. I’m not counting how many years i’m already paying a decent amount to the bank. but counting how many years i still have to work like a fool to keep the money flowing to the bank.
