"This is what I prayed for,’ wrote the Roman poet Horace. ‘A piece of land – not so very big, with a garden and, near the house, a spring that never fails, and a bit of wood to round it off.’

Those words were set down more than 2000 years ago, around 30 B.C. It is easy to understand the emotion prompting them; we still recognize what Horace meant by a rural garden, a place to take refuge, as he did, from the irritations of city life.

Any thoughts on this yet to be touched land in a temperant area, for permaculture design and re-establishing any construction footprint navigating a steep slope?