November 2021 – Judith Te Huia

My life has changed dramatically over the last three years. I have given up my work and become a full-time carer. No one tells you how hard that is going to be. Hospital visits, doctors appointments, lack of sleep, having to do everything as the pandemic hit in the middle and we can’t get any help.

I have learnt not to have an expectations, enjoy every single moment and say I love you all the time. Life is precious and it could slip away at any moment.

The garden has been my place to cry, to heal, to rage at whom I don’t know, to sit and marvel at nature. I try hard not to look to the future or what we were able to do in the past. There is only this moment, this very beautiful moment to make the most of.

I am now head garden, having been promoted from apprentice gardener, so the veggie garden is look spectacular. Well I think it is. I threatened the raspberries to with in an inch of their life that if they didn’t start looking like they were going to produce fruit this year that was it, they would be gone. And guess what, they have buds on them, lots of them.of course now I’m telling them they are brilliant.

We have had some strawberries and lettuces. I’m looking forward to the blueberries and raspberries.

I have been doing some knitting not much and I made a bear just because I wanted too. He will gets some clothes at some stage. I’m also happy with the bags I made earlier in the year.