Saturday, May 23, 2009

shallot sprouts!

one week later after putting this yummy morsel in the dirt

cob house updates

below: Main room is painted with an "alis" made from imported white clay, local mica, whole milk powder, wheat paste and water. you can see the stairs leading up to the sleeping loft. the stairs are walnut, a neighbor cut her tree down and was using it for firewood, so i bought a few pieces from here.


below: view into bathroom, door to come


below: Bathroom. paint is called an "alis". made from locally harvested pink clay, ground mica that is from our valley, wheat paste and water

Month of May, various photos

below, ariel view from neighbors land


below: above brick house will be more house, we are building now


below: subsurface infiltrator of our laundry water, opened for inspection
working great after one year and perfectly clean, this means that the
avocado tree roots are eating all the linty junk!


below: new planting, the black circles are shallots. the round red
brick has ginger root planted it in. far right is a spaghetti squash


13 levels high now. it will be covered to be the garage.

Mothers day


apple dad, plum boy and an orange mom are sitting on a pineapple sofa with marshmallow cushions. A guava cat is sitting next the the chocolate rug with more marshmallow cushions thrown around them

Thursday, May 7, 2009


above and below: garden is seeded


May 6. I seeded the garden. No transplants.

18 squares each divided into 4 parts.

There are still 21 one foot squares left open. ideas? missing links?

Lemon Basil
Cucumber
Various hot Peppers
Carrots
Arugula
Eggplant
Bell Peppers
Lettuces
White and purple onions
Beets
Tomatoes
Squash
Zucchini
Spinach
Watermelon
Turnip
Asparagus
Porro
Mint
Mustard greens
Marigold
Chrysanthemum
Nasturtium
Anise Hysop
Johnny Jump Up
Peppermint
Savory
Parsley
Bergamot
Fennel
Garlic Chives
Basil
Chives
Dill
Thyme
Spearmint
Chamomile