Kazagashira Niwa

Being used to climate zone 8, climate zone 10 seems quite amazing. It is in the middle of December and we are growing vegetables! I started seeding things in October and the initial grow beds on the north side look fairly good I think :-)  We can start to harvest carefully our first home grown food. But still, in general, I have no real idea when to seed what and how long it takes for them to grow to eatable proportions.

South side, on top of a slope.

We managed to install a little insulation (!) before after

It has been a lot of work in 30-35 degrees Celsius. Pestered by mosquitoes. But finally it is possible to grow at least some vegetables. Anything that still can grow from October on.

The previous owners used the edge of the garden to burn trash now and then. found lots of ashes with half burnt plastic, batteries, paint, pieces of some kind of chalkboard, maybe even asbest. I have tried to remove as much as I could. Then filled the hole with compost infused with EM (effective micro-organisms) and wood. Micro-organisms have the capacity to eat pollutants and render them inert or even break them down into unharmful elements. The book "Earth Repair" gives wonderful insights in those processes.

In this little house on the edge of town. Lots of work to be done. And a nice chance to put into practice all my studies of sustainable living and permaculture.