New guttering for rain collection.

 Fixing the new white guttering

Waiting for rain. !!!!!!

Nasko candle making.

 Pouring the wax

Removing the candle from the caña mold.

Harley Donkinson on sand delivery

Pepa is getting ready to set the first beam

Today we may have the warmest day so far this year. We are forecast 30 degrees. Recent temperatures have been in the top teens by day and quite often below 10 degrees by night. I think Summer is just starting this week.

 Start of the second day on our roof replacement work.

Today we started to replace the roof of Femia's backroom.

 The tiles from the old roof, ready to be replaced.

 The old roof has gone. ! Big clean up. !

 Dashinka under one of the new beams on the move.

Pepa is in the light.

Peter is taking off the leaky roof from the battery box.

New fuse boxes for the Solar Panels. Each group of 2 panels will be fused, so, 10 fuses, bringing in 60 to 70 volts through each fuse. James and Peter are doing a first class job. More photos to follow.

Pepa cutting a "groove" in the wall for the new cables for the Solar Electricity System.

New, enlarged solar oven is taking shape with entrance for pots from the back and not from the top. The top will be doubled glazed and we will have a second plywood box inside the first box, insulated with sheep's wool, and then a metal box over the inside plywood box. The metal box will be painted black. I am looking for 200 degrees centigrade. ! My other box does 125 to 150 degrees centigrade. !

Nicki varnishing the new kitchen stools.

Enrique, Leo and Daniel creating arches for the new Compost Toilet

Spring Time pictures on April 17th 2012

We had a "washout" on this terrace wall. Mihai and Lenny have started renovation work.

 Flowers on the Yurt terrace

The new compost toilet is growing.

The puppies are getting bigger. !

Waste water again. !!!!! Cleaning the gravel beds and laying the foundation for our new compost toilet.

 The foundation for our new compost toilet, being built by Leo and Jochan.

Gardening Action and GRASS.

The incredible sprouting pineapple. !

 Dashinka and the incredible sprouting pineapple. !

Casa De La Realidad. April 15th., 2012

 Notice that we have some greenery at this time of the year. !

Pizza Party !.

Pepa, Mihai, Peter and Ivi have re-paved the terrace.

 Beautiful Job

A strong table saw, assembled by Kuba, Pepa and Mihai. Good job. !

Bread's in the oven and the meat is cooking on the parabolic. !

A new Charge Controller

This is a new "state of the art", charge controller. It takes in a high voltage from the panels and is able to gain up to 30% on panel efficiency. This is great step forwards in charge controller design.

Cooking. The price of gas is going up and up. We may hit 20 Euros a bottle so alternative sources of heat for cooking are now an economic necessity. This is going to be fun. !

 Peter putting the parabolic together.

 Solar Box Cooker. Today, a kind'a cloudy day, we hit 100 degrees. Apparently, in good conditions we can get 200 Centigrade, !

David checking out the new cookers.

 Cooking in heaven. 5 liters of water will rise to the boil in 17 minutes. Fried eggs and bacon? This is great cooker. !!

Outdoor bread, chicken, or pizza oven. Small amount of wood burnt inside produces good heat.

Pepa's project . Re-laying stone outside the Almacen in the Pizza area. !

 Pepa on the job. Soften your eyes and see the magic garden. !

 Francisco delivering sand and cement.

Unloading sand.

Life is good in the Gardens. !

A A Good Day in the Gardens

 An Orange Tree is Planted. Silviu, David and Ilan.

Preparing for the planting of the Orange Tree