The Gardener's Labyrinth by Thomas Hill5/10/2023 ![]() ![]() With this blog I would like to share some of my experiences caring for and cultivating this home/land. Today I live here, looking after the house and property with my partner and our two beloved felines, and tending the garden which I grew up visiting as a child. For me it affirms the above quote by William Cobbett and the belief that a thriving vegetable garden, invested with the required love and attention, can rival anything in the world for beauty and fascination. Cobbett also believed (and I whole heartedly agree) that a kitchen-garden is not something that should be hidden away out of sight of a home but rather should be front and centre so that it’s intrinsic beauty, as well as it’s practical usefulness, can be easily seen and appreciated (more on this below). ![]() You can almost hear the bees buzzing and smell the smoke drifting slowly out from the incinerator. ![]() On the surface it is not much different than many other backyard gardens but still I love the sense of a tranquil summer’s day that radiates through it. This is a picture of the back garden at the suburban home of my grandparents in Oak Bay, BC, sometime in the early 1970s. “If well managed, nothing is more beautiful than the kitchen-garden.” ![]()
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