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…
Planting the trees for an experimental living gazebo
I wrote recently about an inspiring video where they discussed growing a building from living trees rather than constructing it. So I decided to go ahead with a first experiment with the “takob” trees that grow quickly on our land. So we took some berries from the trees and planted them in a multiple section…
Growing a building from living trees
Yesterday, Praew showed me this fascinating video on YouTube: This architect uses living trees to grow the support structure for buildings over the course of several years. The crazy part is that the trees are alive for the lifetime of the building, so he needs to imagine how the building will evolve as the trees…
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