In a previous post we shared the building of the main structure, but it turned out to be to tall, and sitting there was quite uncomfortable. We decided it was better to have a foot bench and a holder for

Yesterday, I built the thermophilic compost. There is a fancy spreadsheet from the Soil Food Web School I am using to help record many data points with the thermophilic compost that I am working on. This

Our room is all-purpose until we can build more so having the kitchenware, food, and dorm stuff in one place is tricky. We managed to take a few things away and replace them with the essentials to save

Cutting the hole was a real pain in the ass but the tool did the job. We ended cutting the circle in four sections to make it easier on our hands. In case you're wondering which tool we used, it's the

Nezuko time! Yeah, we called our new companion Nezuko, after the anime "Demon Slayer", which we're both fans of. She's very curious, loving and demanding as well. Our first arugula sprout of

As I have already said, the far north is quite stingy with bright colors. We have here the monotony of a huge space, on which there is nothing but grass, stones or snow. And even more landscaped areas,

Adapting the food forest to the changing weather patterns.

Last week I asked for some mushrooms undersides. Some of them are prettier that the top of the shroom and definitely more photogenic. If you start checking the bottom of the hats you might get a nice surprise

This happened overnight. Luckily we detected the first signs of water and left the house before so we didn't have to wake up in the middle of this little pond. This was the deepest trench we had before

Our three panels of 75 watts each. We wanted to place them on the ceiling but the snow has delayed that process for some time. On the upper left is the distribution box which sends energy to the bulbs

This is the same river a few hours later, from a different angle. Funny to see how different it looks The lagoon turned to ice! Further into the rural roads they are covered by snow. An alpaca friend.

This picture wasn't edited so the lighting came out naturally magical. Frost has it's beauty. It might not be immediately visible, but all of the surface was frozen and the water ran below. A closer look

Starting out the day after a trip to town for some errands. Fire is a must in this weather. Playing around with patterns of bottles in the mud walls. This picture came out nicely! Leveling the soil around

Cloudy day, yet enjoyable with all the diferent colors. A look from inside our nest. We never expected to have so many windows but we are grateful that it turned out like this! The bottles in the walls

Photos of MarginArta House and surrounds...

It's been a while since we last posted and it's not our intention to bore you with the many reasons for that 😅. In resume, the days are cold 🥶 and short so we've been trying to make as much progress

Welcome back to this sustainable living curation from the ecoTrain community! As many of you will know, sustainable living ,eco building and homesteading are our core themes and this curation picks out

We're late! Rains are already upon us and our hands are becoming harder to keep warm as temperatures are rapidly falling. The ideal time for working with cob has already passed and we're just beginning.

Whatever your lifestyle; your body is bombarded with toxic waste in various shapes and forms. And on a daily basis. DeTox-ing should be part of every person's basic immune boosting regime. In essence a

As summer comes to an end in the southern hemisphere, and fall begins to slowly creep in with it's rains and lower temperatures, we experience one of the most abundant times of year as many crops are ready