April

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trellis for winged beans and small pumpkin
winged bean year two new growth

Beets, lettuce and garlic for greens
hydrating and keeping warm
Tane visits often
Weiwei, boss of everything
mulberry stripped of bark for craft and rope; guava branch
trellis will help keep the east wall cooler in the coming months
always picking up natural material to work with

Foraging adventure on Huxing Rd. 湖興路 or Cuifeng Rd. 翠峰路 Lane 70

Thriving patches of 青苧麻, 魚腥草, 糯米糰
魚腥草, 糯米糰
青苧麻
青苧麻
糯米糰
A new road to explore
Looks a bit like blue skullcap, but the leaves look different
Looks a bit like blue skullcap, but the leaves look different
Mountain banana (wild)
End of the day on the forest road
Wild yam 日本薯蕷 Dioscorea japonica
變葉懸鉤子
unidentified crysanthemum family
natural landscaping
Formosan elder
Alternanthera
bamboo harvest and checking out trail upstream

Home Garden

James in headstand with Tane on the bridge
rose from Marian first spring bloom
lettuce that grew back
紅鶴頂蘭Phaius tankervilliae (Banks ex L'Hér.) Blume
紅鶴頂蘭Phaius tankervilliae (Banks ex L'Hér.) Blume
quite sunny for NE aspect due to topography

Flowers around the house

Butterfly weed 柳葉馬利筋 (liǔ yè mǎ lì jīn) Asclepias tuberosa
Turkish eggplant
Rose 玫瑰 (méi guī) Rosa

Coffea 小果咖啡 (xiǎo guǒ kā fēi) arabica ?
Bougainvillea 九重葛 (jiǔ chóng gé)
Borage, starflower 琉璃苣 (liú lí jù) Borago officinalis
Marigold 玫瑰 (méi guī) Tagetes 萬壽菊
Nasturtium 金蓮花 (jīn lián huā)

Reshaping a broken blade

before
after
folding bamboo stool repair
table leg repair

Home Garden

home grown strawberry
Ride to Xiluoan 西羅岸 and Baoqinggong 保慶宮 in cold wet weather






working on rain collection
working on rain collection



flood in garage from rain storm


after the storm

Taipei

Recovering from flood at home

drill, fan and a clothes drier motor in the sun
A clothes drier in the sun
Lunch after the big cleaning, fixings for a taco salad

Yonghe Farm - Zuni Bowl

Zuni Bowl
Zuni Bowl
Zuni Bowl

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