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Here I would love to share with you our travels and adventures as international mushroom consultants. MEMOIRS about husband Pieter Vedder, who was a SCIENTIFIC PIONEER in Mushroom Cultivation Education. His practical handbook is in 9 languages and is called the MUSHROOM BIBLE: https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2020/08/modern-mushroom-growing-2020-harvesting.html

Sunday, October 3, 2010

{205 Winfield Road Then and Now}


On August 27, I did blog about {Our home of almost 20 years}
Today I want to show you how we got started...
On February 15 of 1990, we had our contractor start with the preparation of our lot.
It is on a slope, bordered by a creek and rather swampy...
But, being Dutch by birth, we knew how to reclaim the land. 
So with heavy machinery they started moving certain trees. 
Then digging a pond which Pieter had planned, for using the dug up soil to fill in other areas.
Here I walk on the left, we had still our rental car from the Atlanta airport. 
We'd come back from living and working in Italy. 
Our containers had not yet arrived. 
They came in, a couple of days later with our cars and all our furniture etc. 
We would start working and living in Indonesia in March...
You can see the slope of the lot. To my right is the creek; naturally the lowest area. 
Strange for us, coming from the Old World, to start on land where NEVER any human being had lived nor cultivated this soil...
 We had to reclaim it ourselves!
Heavy equipment was put to use...
A little bit to the right of the center, you can see our pond being born... 
Just click on the photo to enlarge.
Now it is May, we did come back to the USA after each two month period of work.
This is the progress since they started clearing off in mid February. 
The pond is visible here and there is a ditch dug to connect it with the creek so it could fill up. 
Since then, there is an overflow, whenever we have a heavy rain the excess water goes into the creek via a drain pipe.
This is the pond in August of 1990 when we came again to the USA from Indonesia. 
Here is about the same spot at the end of March in 2007.
Notice how much that oak tree to the left has grown!
Needless to say how much of landscaping we've done in 20 years.
But everything is possible; as long as you have a plan and the necessary will power to execute it!


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8 comments:

  1. ... and so it is! I love your strong words, Mariette. De laatste zin is helemaal waar!

    Een gezellige zondag and a good start to the new week. xx

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  2. Hello Dear Mariette, who increhible and unthinkable for us to understand the processes. It is wonderful to understand how you could transfer your wishes and dreams land. The precess is an analogy of life itself, co perseverance and dedication are built everything from dreams and goals, to our relationships with others and with our creator, the earth we live etc. fully has been for you an achievement to have developed from scratch a home with so much beauty around the lake, gardens, many beautiful things they have enjoyed at home, I can only congratulate you and wish you a long life full of beautiful things Rose marie blessings

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  3. Very impressive way to tell the hole story---with nice photographs.
    Best Wishes.
    Hemant

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  4. O jeetje Mariette, wat n werk zo'n huis bouwen! Maar het is natuurlijk prachtig om het zo te laten bouwen, zoals je zelf wilt en die ruimte....en het beekje ook zo leuk!
    Prachtig!
    Fijne week,
    Nicole

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  5. Hallo Mariette,
    das ist ja unglaublich, dass ihr aus der Wildnis so einen wunderbaren Park geschaffen habt. Das hätte ich wirklich nicht gedacht, dass ihr so wortwörtlich "von Grund auf" angefangen habt. Aber toll, was draus geworden ist.
    Schöne Grüße, Johanna

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  6. Liebe Mariette,
    welch eine unglaubliche Leistung.........euer Haus ist einfach ein absoluter Traum und dieses himmlische Grundstück auf dem es steht.......das ist wahrlich ein Paradies!!!!!!!!! Es muss unbeschreiblich schön sein, dort zu leben.....bei uns stehen die Häuser leider ziemlich dicht, aber wir haben auch 90/91 gebaut ;))!!!!!!! Eine herrliche Woche und gaaaaaanz liebe Grüße,

    herzlichst Jade

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  7. Dear Mariëtte, I loved reading the story! it must be wonderful to have a place that you really built from scratch to the way it is now, your dream!
    And that last sentence? So true!
    Take care Mariëtte & till next time!
    Bisous from Versailles, Chantal

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  8. Das ist ja total spannend, liebe Mariette! Auf Indonesien wäre ich bestimmt gar nicht gekommen, dazu muß man einen Bezug haben. Und sogar Eichen wachsen dort! Ich finde auch, daß in Deutschland die Häuser oft viel zu nah beieinander stehen. Die Menschen gehen sich so viel eher auf die Nerven. Unsere Erfahrung. Jetzt bewohnen wir ein ca. 2.000 großes Grundstück und das ist wirklich relaxed, auch der Abstand zu den nächsten Nachbarn. Es war noch nie so ideal.

    Über Deine Kommentare habe ich mich sehr gefreut und möchte mich gleich ganz herzlich dafür bedanken! Den ersten Teil beantworte ich mal hier ...
    Ich habe es auch lieber, wenn man sich mit einem überschaubaren Kreis bloggt und die Beiträge auch wirklich liest.
    Manchmal hat man nicht so viel oder gar nichts dazu zu sagen und nicht immer auch die Zeit. Aber mit 30, 40 oder 50 Leuten zu bloggen, da kann wohl keiner mehr richtig lesen und kommentieren ... das ist wie "Sehen und gesehen werden" ;-) Danke auch für die Links - habe ich mir alles angesehen.

    Was den Pagerank betrifft, da gibt es auch noch ein paar Tricks und am besten eignet sich dafür allerdings ein Wordpress-Blog. Und man sollte auf "doFollow" stellen. Zu dem Thema habe ich auch Verschiedenes gefunden,z.B.

    http://devsup.de/artikel/der-pagerank-und-seine-bedeutung

    http://devsup.de/artikel/nofollow-in-blogs-foren-und-gaestebuechern

    http://fragen.focus.de/technik/wie-erhoehe-ich-den-pagerank-meiner-website-frage_14912.html

    Auch die Überschrift (Betreff) spielt eine wichtige Rolle. Ich weiß jetzt nicht, ob man bei Blogger doFollow einstellen kann? Aber bei Wordpress gehts.

    Hier trenne ich den Kommentar mal ...

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