By Marie, June 28, 2011
Our dogs are goofy and do goofy things. Above, Patzari is for some reason on top of the birdbath. Hippie stands by happily.
They often choose weird spots to sleep. Hippie taking a nap in a pot:
Contreras using wood as a pillow:
Mambo, our biggest dog, curled up on […]
By Marie, June 24, 2011
Some years ago, our neighbor planted two citrus trees outside of a small store in the nearby village. We’ve been watching the trees grow over the last few seasons, and this year – wow! They are producing tons of limes! And they also provide very welcome shade for people hanging out on the grass […]
By Marie, June 21, 2011
This year we’ve planted lots of vegetables in small containers to get them started before the rains come. Many are almost ready to transplant into the gardens. Planting this way means that we get a head start on our first round of vegetables. We did have to water them a bit, which is hard […]
By Marie, June 16, 2011
There are two seasons in the highlands: rainy and dry.
When the rainy season finally decides to grace us with its presence, we get very relieved. This year the dry season seemed to last forever… The forest is thirsty. The people are too hot!
It seems that now, mid-June, the season has finally changed. […]
By Brian, June 14, 2011 We are fertilizing the gardens in the dimple to improve the soil there.
Gently creating gardens in the forest.
Part of the Bosque Village experiment is to see how we can raise food in the forest without outside water or fertilizer. But there are some ways we do choose to improve […]
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