June Garden trained as a teacher and after her family left home, she moved to Auckland where she met Arthur.  They purchased a ten-acre property in Hawke's bay, took early retirement and began their exciting new lifestyle.  They had embarked on a Third Age career for which their main qualifications were an abundance of energy and a boundless optimism.  It was a radical departure from the city life they had enjoyed. This is a humorous account of their experiences in the rural environment. 

The reader follows their wayward journey through the joys, trials and tribulations of    this new life.  J