Sleeping in the loft again
We’ve been sleeping on the fold-out couch for the last week while Beth put a few coats of paint in the loft to try and resolve the toxic off-gassing problems …
Back to the land after months away again!
We’ve been back at the land for about a week now after being away since halfway through December last year! We were in Brasília at Beth’s parents place for Christmas, …
Starting a well
Max and Lucy are both dowsers, and after we told them that we were thinking of digging a well after Rui had done some dowsing a few weeks ago, they …
Fixing the south-west fence
Eduardo’s a civil engineer and knows heaps about concrete and how to use it really efficiently. His arrival was really timely because we’d just bought a sack of cement for …
Cows again!
We were only back two days and then we saw a cow in the garden! how could this possibly be when the whole land is fenced off now?! by the …
Week forty nine
This week we’ve been chipping away at various jobs around the house and garden and slowly getting back into the relaxed rhythm of life here again. We always come back …
Week twenty three
This week started with more work on the solar panels. First I got a large sheet of weather-proof ply wood and got it chopped into four equal pieces of 80cm …
Week twenty two
At last we got back to the land after more than a month! The first thing we noticed on arrival was that our new access road had been made 🙂 the …
Week seven
The first thing to do this week was to get our gambiarra fixed up by a real mechanic! Here’s a simple diagram of what would probably be the cheapest way …
Week three
We started this week in Canela to buy some more tools and try and sort out some Internet options for the land. Candido’s mother has kindly let us stay in …