DIE DRAADHEINING wat bly skuif het

Bella van Staden het eenvoudig hul grensdraad bly skuif om haar droomtuin groter te kry – tot haar man ’n muur gebou het.

Deur Marié Brody

WIE WOON HIER Johan, Bella en Ian van Staden en hul honde, Bennie, Milo en AsjasWAAR Hoogstede-landgoed, Nooitgedacht, BronkhorstspruitGROOTTE VAN TUIN 9 140 m²GRONDTIPE Klipperige sand- en slikgrondOUDERDOM VAN TUIN 26 jaar “Behalwe honderde dennebome was hier absoluut niks op die erf nie. Ons het in 1996 begin om die bome af te saag op die plek waar ons wou bou. Dit was ’n reusetaak. Twee jaar later het ons ingetrek en kon ek begin tuinmaak.” So vertel Bella van Staden van die begindae van hul tuin in Bronhorstspruit. “Die grond was ’n groot probleem. Die denne het dit baie suur gemaak en daar was massiewe gate waar ons die bome uitgehaal het. Ons kon nie al die wortels uithaal nie, dit was net te veel. Dié wat agtergebly het, het mettertyd…

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