Friday, November 13, 2009


So, here I am putting roofing on the earthen house. We decided to go with a material made from recycled TetraPacs. This is the stuff that juice boxes are made of and many thing here are packaged in it. It consists of metal, plastic, paper and wax all smashed together. This stuff is impossible to recycle in its individual catagories but they have found a way to reuse it by grinding it up and pressure forming it into corrigated roofing material that is insulated.





One of the ways we get into town on our day off is by Hitch hiking. Sometimes the bus doesn´t come on time or at all so you have to find other ways to get around. This ride was very nice becasue it was extremly hot and we were all very sweaty. A great way to air out so we dont offend the locals by our scent.





´MMmmm Pepino´s(cucumbers) what a nice trellice made of strips of Bamboo. were getting about 5 cuc´s a day now and it should continue for some time. we´re growing dill as well so soon I hope we will be Pickling. What a treat





here we have a gigantic catapillar with horns´. this isnt the best shot but you can see that it is longer and fatter than my finger. WOW



There are caterpillers everywear here some of which have a mean sting that can give you blisters and much discomfort. On the other hand we have thousands of butterflies everywear big, small, colorful, just white, just black, some nice, some mean. it is quite a sight to see hundreds of little yellow butterflies congregated around a poop pile or water puddle.





this is a make shift water wheel waterpump. Our nieghbor created this out of old jugs and what looks like an antique wagon wheel. This mechanism pumps water from a spring pushing it up nearly 70 meters over a distance of almost 400 meters to the house of the creator. The water is put into a reservour and use for drinking and all the other household needs including watering the garden.





A Bagonia growing off a rock next to the river. Sweet right!





Ashley is hard at work organizing the wood pile. This is going to be a big job because the pile is huge but everyone is helping out of appreciation. The pile is looking neater and more orderly by the day which is great because it was a bit of an Eye sore in an otherwise beautiful view of the gardens and the rest of the land.


MMmm meat with Ham and an Egg on a sandwich. I dont know what this deal is with this but I think I love it.
Here is Ashley Feeding a little pigglet, how cute. Im very thankful for all of the Incredible things that we are experiencing down here in good ol´Argentina. every day I feel a little more at home. We´re learning the language and a little culture and having just a sweet time.

1 comment:

  1. Jake, I can't thank you enough for working on this blog! I am really starting to miss Ash (with the holidays coming up and all) so I really appreciate the photos of her too. I hope very much thatyou were able to contact your mom on Friday. Poor Ash had no luck contacting us, I almost cried.
    Love you both, ma

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