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Making our chicken coop
We had 6 old wooden window frames left over from our house renovation. Besides that, we used pallet wood, a recycled metal frame for the...
Jan 9, 2023


FOOD WALLET in Antwerp 4.0 Magazine
FOOD WALLET in the local Antwerp 4.0 Food magazine.
Jan 2, 2023


#3 November 2022: Awakening the soil - Sowing yeros and rye
In November we covered the first part of the land with sheep and goat manure out of the local stable. We sowed a mixture of yeros (a...
Dec 15, 2022


#2 November 2022: Building the terraces with recycled pallet wood
After digging the swales we build the terraces. To keep the soil in place, we used recycled pallet wood to create borders. We leveled the...
Nov 16, 2022


Building our own rain water harvesting system
When you live in an area with lack of water, you do everything you can to use the water in the best possible beneficial way. We build our...
Nov 14, 2022


A new fence and two gates
Out of pallet wood, we made a fence and two entrance gates. One for the house and one for the farm. This project was challenging because...
Oct 16, 2022


Step 1 October 2022: Creating swales on contour lines
The area where we wanted to create the natural vegetable garden was quite steep, so we decided to build terraces and swales. First, we...
Oct 13, 2022


Off-grid Food Dryer
This amazing food dryer made out of wood and insect screen helps us to dry food to store for winter. The only thing you need is the sun!
Jul 28, 2022


Newsletter July 2022 - Staying strong
Hello you! Spain knows one of the hottest summers ever and all plants are having a very difficult time, cooping with this intense heat....
Jul 27, 2022


Newsletter May 2022 - Pushing back abuse
When something happens in your very close environment that you really don't want, you can take action. This is what we did when a...
Jul 24, 2022


A food dryer that works with the sun
This amazing tool has been made by our neighbor and good friend. We asked him to make a building plan and even maybe a video when he...
Jun 5, 2022
#2 Winter and spring 2021: protecting the land from grazing sheep and goats
This land has been grazed by the local herds for a long time, so new vegetation has been eaten immediately and there has been no chance...
Feb 9, 2022


Trusting nature
I love picking up rocks on our land. Stone by stone. Not with machines, but by hand. Feeling the soil under my fingers. Observing life...
Feb 2, 2022


#1 Winter and spring 2022: Starting with the manual removal of rocks on our very dry land
Our land has 150 almond trees, planted in rows. The soil is very dry, there is no irrigation and there are a lot of rocks. Because the...
Jan 3, 2022
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