The Story of Kingfisher Cottage Part Three
One of our many Kingfishers who visit We had found our dream land and had a plan for Kingfisher Cottage. Apart from saving costs (part two of the series) we also wanted to make an income from the land. We love growing and seeing the land blossom. When we bought the land at Matakana in 2009 it was part of our ten year plan to become self-sufficient and stay active. The land had to be more than a park, it needed to pay for itself. In 2004 we sold a three acre property in Kumeu . For over eleven years we struggled to grow and keep the land there without earning anything from it. We were working as workaholics in a consulting business where I was away for weeks and often driving late at night to get from one job to another. We also ran a management retreat in a second building we constructed after three years there – it was good to roll out of bed and into a facilitation job! The homestead at Kumeu. Our first property on land. In our spare time, we worke...