I went back to the farm yesterday. My favorite place to work is here. It used to be a gully that becomes a creek during the rainy season. We -- with caretaker Nong Endring Paragas, and his son Danny Paragas -- slowly put stones to block all eroded soil and organic matter that are brought down to the nearby creek during heavy rains and flash flooding.
We re-arranged some stones on the upper deck, added more dried leaves, newly cut branches at the back, and after two hours, its slightly new look, front view, below.
Top view, behind the stones and organic matter deposits.
Side view.
Another gully. The stone "stairs" going to my treehouse.
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Meanwhile, the other stone terraces near my treehouse, newly re-arranged as of February 10, 2013.
This area
is under the big mahogany trees near my
treehouse. Hence, there is big volume of dried leaves and branches as the trees
change their leaves every year, usually from January to March. Constructing
these stone terraces will minimize if not control these organic material from
falling into the drain where rain water and flood will simply carry them down
to the creek, the river and ultimately to the sea.
