Day-to-day living

An assortment of faces and activities from the autumn months at Sunseed...

Graham leads a tour through the drylands as part of the 25th anniversary, talking about the history of Sunseed

Jef leads a workshop in caña construction

Tiling nears completion in the new washroom

Ciara leads the local permaculture group on a tour of Sunseed's gardens

Martin demonstrates the art of foot laundry

Thanks to Nye and Lucy for the photos!

Creating a Nuttery in the Drylands

During the 25th anniversary celebrations at Sunseed in October, volunteers and staff were hard at work to prepare the ground for a new nuttery...

Preparing the drylands. Ari, Nye and Leen start digging out a rainwater-catchment so that future trees can be irrigated, while Amy plants a fence of young agaves to protect the area

The agave fence begins to take shape

Happy faces all round as the water-catchment nears completion

 

Martin, Alice and Ari with the finishing touches

Amme sorts out an irrigation system

The finished product. Now all we need is some rain...

Thanks to Nye for the photos!