It is not all hard work and weeds at Charlotte Vale Farm. Here are some photographs of the lovely old parts of the garden that have been lovingly maintained.

Through the bedroom window

Through the kitchen window

Front veranda

The southern side which may have been a kitchen garden in the old days  because it seems to be a bed bordered in sandstone blocks

A  rose by any other name?

I settled on the name Charlotte Vale Farm (instead of Far Out or The Headmaster's House) because the property sits above Vale Creek Wineries which is named for Queen Charlotte Vale Creek...bit of a mouthful. The creek nearest us is called Bathtub Creek which runs into QCVC.  A name like Bathtub Creek Farm, Cow Flat, just doesn't have the same ring to it. The idea of Charlotte Vale pops up in the naming of quite a few places, and it's such a pretty name....didn't know I would be having a grand daughter by the same name. It's a farm in the storybook sense with three alpacas, three geese, four cats, three dogs, two chooks, a lone Guinea Fowl, and abundant nocturnal visitors. Oh, and a few hundred sheep in the field, and often, in my yard.