Aran’s new bike
Eduardo found a really good bike for an excellent price that we went to take a look at this morning. We were to meet the guy selling it at 11:30, …
Visiting Caxias
We’re in Caxias now, and have been here for about a week now. We cycled the first 20km from our land via Lava Pes to Lajeado Grande which is the …
Finding water on our land
Most of the water we use is for plants and washing clothes and dishes, and for these purposes the river water is fine. But we also need about 20L per …
Mice again!
A few months during our first year on the land we had terrible trouble with mice entering the house and chewing everything. Luckily we had all our food inside strong …
The abandoned house
Today we went for a walk to an abandoned house to the south which we can see from the big hill. There’s a fork in the crystal road which goes …
New vege garden beds
Over the last week or so we’ve been making some new garden beds for planting vegetables. We’ve put them in the area that Barry cleared for his and Eduardo’s tents …
Bananas & Barefeet
We’ve decided that we’ll try and go somewhere every week so that we get more and more used to cycling and walking. This week we went to Canela again, we …
Fruit trees, cycling and bare feet
When we went to Canela in the weekend, there were a whole lot of young native fruit trees being given away in the town square. Some companies give away native …
Mindinho on the Basil
This little fly thing is called a Mindinho and is one of the many visitors to the Basil and Chia plants. It’s very small, only about 5mm long so was …
Offroad hitch-hiking adventure!
Today we got up early and walked for a couple of hours to the bus stop at Vaca Velha to go into Canela for some groceries and to meet Barry …