Our House

Several people have asked about where we are living - so I thought I'd put up before and after photos - at least of the garden. We rent a small house on a large plot on the northern edge of Francistown. It's got 3 bedrooms, living/dining room with a big bar, massive kitchen, a strange, wide hall and a nice guest cottage. We are about 50kms from the Zimbabwe border in northern Botswana - which brings certain security problems. The house was a bit sad and uncared-for when we took it on but we've managed to make it home. The garden was a dust bowl when we arrived but John has worked hard on it and it's lovely now. It's amazing what you can do by just moving plants around and regular watering. There is borehole water, so that is useful! We've got a nice orchard with lemons, oranges, grapefruit, guava, mango and mulberry trees. Not that we get to eat much of the fruit because the moneys and birds get to it before we do. Even the dogs eat the mulberries off the lower branches! There are many, many birds of different varieties - too many to mention here.

We've been very happy in this house - the landlord is very friendly and has improved the security and done a fair bit of renovation for us. It's still old and a bit run down - but we like it!