We were delighted to have Matt and Carrie come back to visit. Matt and Carrie planted the first trees in the Trees for Travellers programme and in 6 months the total was up to 32. They added to that with some belated Christmas shopping for family bringing the count to 45! The garden Matt and Carrie helped to plant to border the new section at the front had grown unbelievably well. Compare the previous post of them to this new picture. Carrie's sunflowers had all sprouted, grown 6 feet tall and died off before she came back again.
Carrie planted 2 hedges, one for a windbreak to screen the future orchard, and one on the boundary between the current house and the new section. Matt and Carrie helped build the first adobe wall of the WWOOFers room. When they returned the walls were all laid up. Some finishing was required so Carrie and I threw cob at all the gaps in the walls and down the sides of the pillars and our pinnacle of artistic achievement was the sculpturing in cob on the two pillars inside at the sides of the French doors. Adrienne also helped with this. Rusty did the leaves and vines and Carrie did the AMAZING piwakawaka (fantails)!
Matt's major contribution was the handmaking of our kitchen table. He inserted rimu butterflies to stop the splitting, planed, sanded and oiled the table with help from Wal. To celebrate the completion of the masterpiece we transported it down to the new house and had a party. Last weekend on Queen's Birthday Wal entered the table into a woodworking expo where it was much admired.
Matt also made the cupboard for the outside basin for the laundry along with shelving on the outside wall.
We are indebted to Matt and Carrie for their huge contribution and will always cherish their friendship.
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