Originally from Oklahoma, United States, I lived in Dallas, Texas for nearly 20 years before moving to New Zealand in July 2017. My husband grew up in the Waikato and never expected to returnbut life had other plans for both of us. While living in a condominium with no land of our own, we devoured every book, article or video we could find on sustainable living, permaculture, organic farming, you name it. We dreamed of finding our home. When we stumbled on this small house built on a former paddock with a gully and stream, we knew we had found it. It’s a blank canvas just waiting for us to get started.