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Sunday, January 30, 2011
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Juha
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Finland/Estonia, Island of Saaremaa
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First weak signs of spring. Our houses at the sunset. It has been above zero for several days, snow is collapsing, and small creeks and ditches are open and filling with water.
The thing on the right is our new summer kitchen, still missing wood fire stove/oven to be masoned. My wife is really waiting this one to be ready for the first harvest from the garden.
Estonian crafting heritage includes the thached water reed roofs. No plastic etc used under, these roofs are made to hold at least 70 years. I just wonder which modern material can take same beating and hold together for such a long time.
I also probed the patch a bit and the soil was totally unfrozen, and even found worms a few inches below the surface doing their work and processing the compost mulch to natural fertilizer. It is going to be no dig policy here and we are growing everything in a totally organic way. At least this is the plan.
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