Keeping you Up to Date on the Garden Project!

Just thought I would write and tell you about the progress in the Garden! For those who don't know, in my time when I'm not counseling I have been building a massive indigenous tree and flower garden on the side a mountain looking down through a beautiful valley. Here are the specs:
We just put in the last waterfall and stream today. We have been clearing more of the thick bush around the perimeter of the garden to construct a perimeter fence. The garden has
now ballooned to over 20 acres and will be up to 30 acres in a couple weeks!

The garden consists of 3 waterfalls, 2 beautiful gorges, 5 large terraced surfaces, a large dammed area for a future pond, an avocado tree field, two tree enclosed camping areas, 2 roads, 7 new walls, 4 sets of steps, 2 bridges, an in-progress Cabana and barbecue, a roughly 2 mile long fence (around the perimeter of the garden), and a massive underground water collection system! There are places in this garden that make you feel like you are stepping into Lorien (the famed secret wood of the elves in Lord of the Rings). I'm really proud of the work that we've done so far, but it feels like i have more to do now than ever! I have scouted out more than 5 miles of future paths and found some more lookout points. Occasionally, I'll have monkeys that come and eat the fruit in the trees. It's an understatement when I say it is a totally different world!

This garden is kind of bittersweet though; I have had more fun on this project than any project I've ever put my mind to, but this will be the acme of my gardening experiences. I doubt that I will ever have the space, means, workers, and heavy machinery. Well, here is to hoping that I'll have another chance in my life!

Ben