With all the other things going on, we’d been too distracted to finish the DC solar powered lighting in BaanMae. So while staying there, we had be reliant on plug-in AC lamps. Except in the main room and bathroom where we had been working on prototypes. Once we were happy with the prototypes, we sent…
BaanLoiNaam: Pontoon 1 tested and ready to float
I’m pretty excited about the progress on the first pontoon. We’ve done two rounds of pressure testing, and fixed all the holes, and it was able to hold air pressure for several days without any noticeable drop in pressure. (Keeping in mind that the pressure goes down with the temperature at night and up…
Pond water level nearly full
I check the pond level every once in a while, and it looks like we are within about 7cm of the overflow pipe now: There are still another month or two of heavy rains, so the pond is very likely to fill up this year. The next question is how far it will drop during…
Sump pump and really high ground water level
A lot of water rained down on the land over the last week. Sometimes in torrents. The pond is nearly full now. But the rain has help us to identify the parts of the land that need better drainage. The back of BaanMae seems to become a giant puddle sometimes, and we noticed some of…
One pontoon finished and ready to test
We finished one pontoon and are ready to do pressure testing on it. Here is a picture of one of the hoists that lifted it onto the work stands: Here is a look under the pontoon. And similar to the previous pontoon tests, we have three access “ports”. The big one on the right is…
Building a keyhole garden, complete with hydrogen cyanide exuding millipedes
Praew is always reading up on new kinds of (easy) ways to grow plants. Particularly food plants. One concept that caught her attention is called a “keyhole garden“. So we went ahead and built our interpretation of one over the weekend. Ours is a little smaller and simpler than the typical variety, but should work…
More pontoon progress
I just figured I’d post these photos of the pontoon progress today. It is moving along at a good pace… Bottom, sides, and interior are mostly done. Another interesting thing are these hoist frames that they built over the past day or two: When the time comes to lift up the ~800kg pontoons to check…
Painting the balcony at BaanRimNaam
The workers started painting the fiber cement boards of the balcony at BaanRimNaam last week. Here are a few pictures. Praew and I are really looking forward to moving in here while BaanLoiNaam is under construction.
BaanLoinNaam update: Welding the pontoons has begun
This week, we began building the pontoons for the floating house (BaanLoiNaam) in earnest. We’ve settled on a smaller house plan, resulting in an interior space of only 3m x 4m! The footprint including balconies and semi-outdoor bathroom is still only 6m x 7m. As a result, we are targeting building a support base of…
My first taste of raw sugarcane
I’ve been really enjoying the bounty of edible plants that are available fresh (and organic!) for the picking. The key to Praew and my ideas about food gardening is finding edible plants that either already grow on our land without planting them (such as Thai morning glory, “takob” berries, amaranth) or else plants that are…
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