Wood arrived for our second house
We took the hire car back to Canela today and then paid for all the materials for the new house which came to R$3,500 (about NZ$1,300), most of the wood …
Starting our second house
We made a start on the foundations for the new house today. The wood hasn’t arrived yet, but we had some cold concrete and large PVC pipes lying round which …
Starting our forth year on the land
Wow that year sped past in a flash! We’ve just got back from Brasília where we stayed with Beth’s parents for a couple of months for Christmas and New Years. …
Too hot to handle!
We’re staying at Beth’s parents place in Brasília at the moment, and soon after we arrived, Beth’s Dad introduced me to his new Red Savina Habanero plant! This kind of …
Off-grid shmoff-grid :-/
After a very dark winter with literally weeks of solid rain and even longer periods with no sun, we’ve finally decided that it’s time for our solar power experiment to …
Oba! our net connection just got WAY better!!!
Our new big antenna’s been awesome, it always gets a usable 3G connection (even though it’s only zero or one bar signal) and always gets a four or five bar …
Yocaholics!
When we were at Arca Verde we noticed that they were making Tapioca a different way than us, they used a more course sieve and made them really thick. We …
The tarantula in the well
I was just doing my emails today when I noticed a movement in the corner of my eye, I thought it would probably just be our flatmate Fattie collecting stuff …
The super-hail is coming!!!
What a week it’s been! Beth had booked to do two courses at Arca Verde which is an alternative community just out of São Francisco de Paula. One course is …
Gold Bug is real!
When Pete and me were kids we loved the Richard Scarry picture books such as Cars and Trucks and Things That Go. One of the common features was that may …