Contemplating Moving - Again - Plus, Why We Aren't.
hive-140635·@riverflows·
0.000 HBDContemplating Moving - Again - Plus, Why We Aren't.
Every six months ago, I look at real estate with the desire to move to the coast. It's a half an hour drive to the surf and sometimes I think I'd love to be by the sea more than anything. Actually, I think that *all* of the time. But it's far too expensive. These days a beach shack will set you back 1.2 million. We'd sell our *five acres* and half way decent house for that - and still have to renovate, and live on a quarter acre block. Every time I think it'd be worth it to live by the sea, I go look at real estate and...  <sup>The grape vine shelters the main vegetable patch from the afternoon sun</sup> ..change my mind. Because essentially, it's still the suburbs - with the sea down the road, unless you can afford a 2.5 to 3 million for a new ish build with a view of the ocean. So instead, I come home, and look around, and think - man, it's just not worth swapping. Besides, our garden is so well established and user friendly now that I just couldn't give it up after all this hard work, now, could I?  <sup>Artichoke flower - what a queen of the garden!</sup>  <sup>Two sorts of elder - an American (I think) and a native one to the right, which smells more elderflowery</sup> The artichokes are flowering now. I didn't actually pick many - I just didn't get around to it and thought I'd let them be.  <sup>For the succulent lovers.</sup> The elders are providing their shade - every time I go into the garden I end up with a bridal shower of white flowers in my hair. They are a nuisance though - I end up having to pick tons of little seedlings out of the ground every year.  <sup>Gah - I'm so in love with white sage! Not least because it's so dry tolerant!</sup>  <sup>I planted a couple of smaller varieties of tomato in the hugelkultur raised beds</sup> The purple flowering broccoli has been amazing, though it's at the end of the season now - I'm still picking bunches for stir fries - so good! The tomato plants are doing well in the raised beds. ONly three as I'm going away this year. I'm just about to net the raspberry as I should get tons if the birds don't get them first. Everything is already drying up - it's been a dry Spring unfortunately, now that El Nino is here. So I find myself watering more than usual. A bit of a pain, but then, it does make me appreciate what I have, and stop me thinking moving to the coast is a good idea.  <sup>red cabbage starting to do it's thang</sup>  <sup>Is that a dill squash I see before me?</sup> At least this way I don't have a mortgage and can spend more money on plants, right? <center> # `With Love,`  **Are you on HIVE yet? Earn for writing! Referral link for FREE account [here](https://hiveonboard.com?ref=riverflowsJ)**</center> <a href="https://peakd.com/@naturalmedicine"> </center> <a href='https://buymeberri.es/@riverflows' target='_blank'><img src='https://buymeberries.com/assets/bmb-2-m.png'/></a>
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