I’m spending a good amount of time every day—weather permitted—in getting rid if this plague that is Quila, a local brand of bamboo. It is such an enormous task that I reflect often how to achieve my goal, and that is getting rid of the Quila on my property.

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We have a river as natural border. This is quite exceptional. They say you can catch trout and salmon. But here, just some pictures of it, before I clean up the border.

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I’m spending a good amount of time every day—weather permitted—in getting rid if this plague that is Quila, a local brand of bamboo. It is such an enormous task that I reflect often how to achieve my goal, and that is getting rid of the Quila on my property.

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Since the first day we came to live here in Lipingue the wooden structure over the ditch collapsed. Today I decided to do something about it…

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Lots of people ask to see some pictures of where we live. I usually give them my Flickr-account to go and see, with an invitation as friend. Friends can see more then the people I don’t know. If you want to be a friend, just ask…

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Finally we get to the point that the greenhouse can be used. Not a minute too late. Although we are in the middle of winter here, the sun is shining and the temperature is very agreeable inside the greenhouse. I think the plants will like it, as we liked the champain for the official opening…

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After the sixth day, it is now the xth day of building the greenhouse. The small details took a lot of time, but finally the inner structure is ready, now I only have to remove the tools, clamp the boards and make the floor a bit better and…

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The framework is done, the only thing left is the cover and the interior…

Most precise job is cutting the rafters to fit

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This is just a test if the installation of the “Twitter Publisher” in my WordPress blog is working with “Postie”…

Almost there with the outside structure. Still some more rafters to cut and place and then we can concentrate on how to mount the plastic and the earth floor and the interior of the greenhouse…

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