The Araucária tree
Um documentário lindo sobre o árvore Araucária.
Raspberries for christmas
We’re really pleased that we took the time to save a couple of the raspberries from the ant attacks because they’ve been amazingly productive. It turned out the cotton wool …
Leelee getting a bit too friendly
The other day I was in the hammock eating a hamburger when I noticed some movement on the ground under me. It was Leelee eating the bits of bread that …
The new mulcher
We collected our new mulcher today from a small town just out of Caxias do Sul called Farroupilha which turned out not to be so small – it looks like …
Simaltaneous failure
Yesterday when we were meditating there was a sudden crashing collapsing sound nearby. At first we thought it was a tree falling, but then realised that the fire wood storage …
Five years in Brazil today!
Today is 11/11/16, exactly five years since we left New Zealand! We celebrated with a bottle of our Heles beer which you can only get from Fassbier, our favourite bar …
The art of tight fences
Out in the country you need to be able to make a good tight fence – it’s similar to how people who like camping need to know how to make …
At last a bit of rain!
Finally had a bit of rain today, but Beth doesn’t let that get in the way of her morning stroll! The plants are all looking very happy as well (the …
Ants and Raspberries
We thought we were going to have a good crop of German raspberries this year because the cutting we planted that we got from Arca Verde really took off! But …
We HATE cows!!!
We got up today to have our breakfast outside in the sun, and there were a bunch of cows there!!! I chased them out and they went back the way …