After the Christmas holidays we came back to an overgrown hillside, and weeds and bamboo shoots growing, in our partially constructed terrace. Weeds were weeded and the bamboo shoots were dug out and replanted at the side of the garden, by Juana, Isabella, Catalina, Laura and Gabriel. They are looking “a bit dead and withered” […]
The Top Path project is being managed by Manuela, Nick Nasser and Martin. They are in charge of constructing a path that will run for about 15 m from the first to the second tank and to the compost bins: it will measure about 1m in width. To date they have staked out the path after […]
As the garden is on a steep slope, between 22 and 35°, we have to utilize some basic ideas to protect the soil yet make use of the land. We first measured the slope at different points to determine the need for terracing (see the featured image). We built A-frames in class, calibrated them in […]
