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“Volcan” Cacao-Cafe homebrew Stout
The third, and possibly the best batch, in tropical home brewing adventures, almost met its end in the moldy rainy season condition of June. The rainy season brings clouds of mold that drift invisibly through the air landing on … Continue reading
Posted in drink it, Eat drink and be merry, Make your own
Tagged beer, cacao, coffee, DIY, hipehabitat, holly beck, homebrew, homebrewing, kim obermeyer, mold, nicaragua, stout
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Windmills In Nicaragua
One of Nicaragua’s most valuable resources turns out to be wind. Super strong (often hurricane force) and consistent winds blow across lake Nicaragua. These amazing winds are basically Trade Winds that are funneled and amplified as the high pressure on … Continue reading
Make Your Own Cottonwood Balm For Muscle Pain and Wound Healing
Kim was in Oregon for an early spring trip and on a hike along the Columbia River found a grove of young cottonwood trees in full bud. Cottonwood is in the same family as willow, the tree from which aspirin … Continue reading
Posted in Make your own
Tagged bees wax, candle, cottonwood, Cottonwood balm, DIY, hipehabitat, make your own, muscle ache, muscle rub, patchouli
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Earthship in China
Our friend Ben is really excited about earthships. He wants to build one here in Northern Nicaragua. I didn’t know much about them, but undertook a program of self-study reading through all three volumes of Michael Reynolds’ Earthship books. The … Continue reading
Posted in Green Building and Bamboo, Make your own
Tagged china, earthship, michael reynolds, new mexico, nicaragua, thermal mass
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Our garden grows
We started planting the garden in late October, 2011- lots of chillies (habanero, jalapeno, arbol, New Mex, serrano and others), various greens, tomatoes, Thai basil, lemongrass, dill, tea tree, sunflowers and a bunch of randoms like purslane and indigo. Some … Continue reading
Posted in Eat drink and be merry, Make your own, Nicaragua, Uncategorized
Tagged chillies, garden, gardening, hipehabitat, holly beck, kim obermeyer, nicaragua, organic agrden
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DIY Guanacaste Stairs
We moved into our new cabana about a month prior and had yet to take full advantage of the loft because we didn’t have any stairs. We had considered several funky stair designs with notched logs and spiral things, but … Continue reading
Posted in Make your own
Tagged asseria, cabana, DIY, guanacaste, hipehabitat, holly beck, kim obermeyer, loft, make your own, nicaragua, stairs, wood
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The German Mound Garden
As a 31st birthday present to myself I decided to build a garden. I’ve been reading through The Permaculture Garden by Graham Bell and thought the design for a German Mound looked interesting.
Posted in Make your own, Nicaragua
Tagged gardening, german mound garden, graham bell, holly beck, how to, nicaragua, permaculture, the permaculture garden
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A Tiny House in Hopland
On our standard tri-yearly drive between Oregon and LA we finally stopped in the deliciously named Hopland to check out the Real Goods Solar Living Institute. The Tiny House was obviously appealing – a micro home on a trailer built … Continue reading
Posted in Eat drink and be merry, Green Building and Bamboo, Make your own, Pacific Northwest
Tagged alex fang, car camping, duck egg, hardly strictly bluegrass festival, holly beck, hopland, kim obermeyer, lagunitas brewery, petaluma, real goods solar living institute, recylced solar panel, sumpin wild, tacoma, tiny house, trouble coffee co
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Make Your Own Organic Sunscreen
It’s summer time and if you know what’s good for you, you’ll be spending some serious time in the sun. Standard sunscreens are packed with chemicals that are bad for your body, the ocean, and reefs. Organic sunscreens can be … Continue reading
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Tagged hipehabitat, holly beck, korduroy tv, make your own, organic sunscreen, sunscreen
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