My coworker gave us these water lilies from her home town a few months ago. We didn’t think it would survive, but it thrived. This week it finally flowered.
A new garden area for the new chicken coop
I apologize that I’ve been quite busy recently and haven’t had time to post to the blog. But there have been a number of interesting projects developing since my last post. I’ll try to catch up over the next week on some of the projects. I’ll start off with a fairly major construction project that…
Composting hacienda is finished and ready to begin using
Last time I posted about the composting hacienda, the roof was up and the walls were partially done. Since then, we have finished the walls and added rain gutters and 1200L of drums to collect the rain to use for keeping the compost appropriately damp. Here are some pictures from the construction: You can see…
Putting the takob trees for the living gazebo in the ground
Less than 2 weeks ago, I transplanted the takob trees into pots of our home made compost, and they have grown quite quickly. I’m a bit concerned that the leaves of these plants don’t look exactly like the takob tree leaves. I’m not sure if the baby leaves are noticeably different than the adult plant…
Transplanting the seedlings for the experimental living gazebo
After planting the “takob” seeds for the living gazebo project and seeing them sprout, I figured it was time to transplant them into bigger pots this weekend. Here are a few photos… Here were the seedlings before we transplanted them: I’m targeting 16 saplings, two for each corner of an octagonal gazebo. I decided to…
Building a composting hacienda
The cages we built quite a while back for the compost piles we’ve had going for about two years have been almost perpetually overflowing, so I’ve been thinking for some time now that it is time to build something bigger and more permanent. In addition, it seems like a good idea to build a roof…
Using a siphon to control the water level in the planter box
In exploring the idea of using the cattails in the bathroom of BaanLoiNaam as a kind of constructed wetland water filter for the grey water coming out of the sink and shower, I was consulting with Bob Crosby of Biorealis and he mentioned something interesting about siphons. The idea is that in a wetland like…
Replanting the “green wall” in the floating house
Last week, we finally had the painter paint the floors in the bathroom of BaanLoiNaam. This is the same guy who did the amazing job on the blue water tank, painting it to blend in with the wooden walls. The floors are made from Shera board, which is meant to be a nice weather resistant…
BaanLoiNaam: planting the “green wall”
We went ahead and tried planting some cattails in the planter box in the BaanLoiNaam bathroom: Here is a view from across the pond: These cattails were cut down for transporting, but they can grow up to the roof height. I’m not sure if the one-sided light will be a problem, but we can always…
Restaurant review: Agalin
A number of years ago, Praew and I went on vacation to a resort named Agalin in Loei, a province in the north of Thailand. It was one of the most beautiful vacation experiences we ever had. The entire resort was several rai in size, and it was covered with amazing gardens. The rooms had…
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