happy holloween!

Happy holloween! We had a sweet Fiesta with fajitas and Vino and Beer and the whole works.
Earlier in the day we took two of the Roosters for the fajita meat( it was kinda tough but seasoned very well). I got to take part in every part of the process. some of it was a bit grusome and I´ll just leave it at that. R.I.P Mario and other nameless rooster your contributions are appreciated.

pictured here is Ashley dressed as a mexican luchador Gringa muy Fruerte.







Here is Marcello dressed as a gringo tourist and Im in the back with the Pancho and the hat, cooking the meat. We also had in company Moses, and Jesus, A Mama roja Princess, a fourth grade crossing guard, a catapiller, a guarani mythical entity, and a mexican field worker. It was an awsome good time.











This is some of the framing work that we did for the earthen house that we will be creating. Yes that is me balancing on a steel drum with a chainsaw cutting the tops of the post to the right hight. All of the framing cuts we did with a chainsaw or a hand saw and fastened with big nails. The roof framming is now up and we will be making the wall out of a mud mixture.
The white bags are acting as the foundation, they are filled with earth and lime. I believe the lime is to stabalize the clay in the earth as well as act as a water barrier.

Here is me and Gustavo mixing the earth with clay and sand and aged manure and alot of water. as explained before we will also be adding cactus and pee and then fermenting it for two weeks. this part was alot of fun. Playing / working in the mud. when it was done the mud was almost as deep as Ashley´s waist. Mud fights and wreslting insued.

Bottleing the beer. This is a very dark beer brewed with Malta and a plant called Carcaja. Carcaja is a very bitter sweet plant that I used in place of hops. this should work very nicely. it also has some medicinal uses but Im not sure what they are. The whole process has been a bit trying givin that I have very little to work with but I think it will be a success in the end.

This coming week is our week off and we have all sorts of fun things planned. today we are headed to Posadas the capital city of Misiones. Im not sure what we´ll do but it will be nice to sleep on a bed and hopefull take a hot shower. Although bathing in the river is actually very nice and probably more refreshing than one may think.

Stay tuned

Peace and love