Originally, I decided to go without insulation on the roof of BaanMae to reduce the chance of critters building nests between the insulation and the roof tiles. Our old house had rats in the attic, and all kinds of bugs and mold in the walls, and Praew has allergies that made her miserable much of…
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…
BaanLoiNaam: Building a planter box for the “green wall” in the bathroom
One of my dreams for BaanLoiNaam was to have a “green wall” of plants as the exterior wall to the outdoor bathroom. Initially, I had planned for bamboo, but the cattails thrive on our land quite well. Many of them seem to grow up to 3 meters tall. And they make quite a dense wall…
Touring an algae research lab
Recently, I have become interested in growing spirulina at home, so I’ve been doing some internet reading on the subject. But while there is a lot of information out there, none of it is very complete. So I’ve been stuck with a number of questions, including where to source the culture and culture medium in…
A week of Thai cherry recipes
Praew and I spent the last week harvesting Thai cherries off the ground each morning and then experimenting with different dishes over the course of the day. It was a very interesting culinary week. 🙂 Last week I posted about our Thai cherry tree harvest and the possibility that Thai cherries are a “superfood”. So…
Painting the water tank for the floating house
As anyone that has followed this blog will have noticed by now, Praew and I like the rustic natural wood look around the land here. The walls are wood, the furniture is wood, and to make the wiring blend in naturally, we even painted our PVC electrical conduit to look like wood. So for the…
New project: Building a houseboat!
I have an idea for a new project… Praew and I have been very interested in Tiny houses, as the houses we have built have gotten smaller and smaller with each iteration. First BaanMae (my mother-in-law’s house), then BaanRimNaam (the one we are living in now), then BaanLoiNaam (the floating house). BaanLoiNaam is a remarkable…
Building a gravity fed water tank for the floating house
In the shower we are building in BaanLoiNaam, we would like to mount a water tank as high as possible under the roof and use gravity pressure to run the shower and sinks. But the height difference is not all that much, meaning there will not be much pressure. So I figured it would be…
Revisiting the humble Thai cherry
Back in July of last year, I wrote about our new Thai cherry tree. The tree had come with a few cherries already on it, and I tried picking them and eating them, and while they were edible, they were sure sour. The tree has come back into full fruit, and it is dropping more…
Window frames going up in the kitchen
The kitchen is now the fourth structure we have built using the same style of steel structure, wooden walls, fiber cement floor, and acrylic windows. It also might be the last. 🙂 The process is getting almost routine now. Once the steel structure is up, next is the window frames, and then the walls. Here…
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