Donated fruit trees arriving in the village
The only green in the landscape, Spring 2018
Solar generating capacity is restored
Starting work on the cob bathroom roof repair
New rafters for the cob bathroom roof
Roof repair complete and new window in
Singing the valleys back to life
Autumn harvest, 2018
Burnt out IBC tank cages make fine gabions for new terraces
Even if life is very basic, good food and music are all you need
Main building kitchen starts to take shape
Kitchen nearing completion in time for 2019 summer courses
Replacing lintels and fallen stonework in the wee house to save the walls from collapse
The burnt out wee house half way through reconstruction
The new wee house kitchen wall starts to rise
Roof being added
The space starts to feel like a room again
Wee house kitchen ... with windows
Wee house reconstruction complete. Only fitting out and furnishing remains
Main kitchen fully functional for the first courses in 2019
Hot compost-making during the first Permaculture Design Certificate course
Course participants taking a break at the local waterfalls
2019 Natural Building course and the new shower and toilet block begins to rise
2019 Natural Building course - cutting mortise and tenon joints
2019 Natural Building course and the toilet section takes shape
New bathroom and toilet framework
Demonstrating the drainage filter for the toilet worm tank
Installation of the vermicomposting tank beneath the new toilet
Fitting the drainage filter and covering the drainage layer in the worm tank
Patio shade structure begins. Post-PDC Practical course 2019
Shade structure and fire pit almost complete
New patio area with fire pit
Carving panels for the main building balcony doors
Clearing burnt pines in the woods
Planting the precious new trees, well guarded by Nelly
The harvests keep coming
And coming ...
And coming ...
Only to start again the next Spring
New shower and toilet block with the wattle-and-daub walls under construction
A slab of cherry from one of our dead trees for a basin counter
Main building worm toilet structure starts to take shape
Finished toilet with the worm tank further downslope
The cob pizza oven rising from its newly-built drystone counter. Post-PDC Practical course 2021
Roof structure for the hew 'chill and grill' area. Second Post-PDC Practical course 2021
'Chill and grill' with completed roof
Mobile saw mill cutting timber from the quinta's burnt trees
Timber converted to kitchen
December 5, 2021