Small Steps, Big Joys

I'm turning a piece of land into a place that feels like home.

A few busy, wonderful days at Siedlisko Zmiana - the kind where your hands are tired, your muscles ache, but your heart feels light.

Together with my brother, we built new raised beds and filled them with soil - they’re now ready for our first season. I did it earlier in Ireland, and now here in Poland, and I know that both gardens will bring a lot of joy. I feel proud that I found time for this work despite my busy schedule, and could slow down in the process to actually enjoy it.

Our new raised beds in Siedlisko - the beginning of our first season

We also planted the first tiny trees - hornbeam for the hedge and a willow. They need time to grow. I know I’ll need to patiently wait until they look like real trees and begin to softly sway in the wind. But time flies, and to me, every stage, every new leaf brings satisfaction. The land, once just an empty stretch of sand and grass, is beginning to take shape. It’s slowly becoming a home.

Love the fire, brings back so many memories!

I was busy during those few days I spent there. I wanted to bring as much life and atmosphere to the place as possible. I put together and lit the small garden heater - its warmth against the spring air felt nostalgic, bringing back memories of us running wild as kids, helping the grown-ups burn old branches and weeds when cleaning gardens (yes, it was allowed back then!), the smell of spring wind and freshly dug wet soil.

And I bought a chair. Not just any chair - a wooden rocking chair with a soul, the kind that seems to have its own stories to tell. It waits now inside the cabin, ready for summer evenings and quiet mornings with coffee and plans.

Each visit brings new roots – some in the ground, some in me.