πŸ‘Ά Nutsara Stops By, Ditch Digging, & Homemade Stairs ⛏️

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Our youngest neighbor Nutsara stopped by today for a short visit, and I also spent some time digging a ditch for erosion control.

Hanging Out Like A Big Kid πŸ‘Ά

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Β  Β  Β Little Nutsara is always the center of attention when stops by for a visit, and it's easy to see why, she's a cute baby. She's now starting to get expressive, can say a few words, but understands far more. When prompted with the phrase "snore like Dad," she makes snoring sounds, it's hilarious, and never gets old. She can now sit up without any chance of tipping over and hitting her head on the floor, and this makes things much easier on mama.

Erosion Control Never Ends ⛏️

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Β  Β  Β Our land slopes gently downhill from the highway until it reaches the cliffside, and for far too long I've been meaning to dig a ditch to divert surface water from flowing over the edge of the cliff. Several natural water channels formed after the land was backfilled, and most of them headed straight for the cliff, causing a lot of washouts and small collapses.

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Β  Β  Β I finally started the long project of digging a diversion channel to send all surface water to the old road, something that will help with the constant erosion problems we face. It is nice to see grass popping up all over the backfilled land, this will also help a lot. The channel is 20% complete, so hopefully I can work on it a little each day and have it finished by the end of the week.

Cassava Fence Update 🚧

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Β  Β  Β The clay soil has made the growth of the cassava very slow, but the plants are taking root and forming a visual barrier. Until we have money and/or time to build a more proper fence, cassava might become the fence of choice for our whole property. Cassava is nice to eat too, but I prefer the leaves because they are full of protein, and one of my favorite leafy greens to eat.

Pov's Project Staircase πŸͺœ

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Β  Β  Β The wife has taken my bamboo stair step design and used it to make the path to the first hammock hut a little more manageable. It's so much easier going up and down when you have a flat surface to place your feet on. Before you had to dig your toes into the hillside to make the climb up the hill, sometimes resulting in a butt blaster fall.

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Β  Β  Β We have infinite rocks and bamboo here, both free, so we'll try build as many things from these two construction mediums as possible. Going forward though, I will no longer use wood in construction projects other than the cabin which was already here. It rains far too much here, causing wood to warp and bend, plus finding a skilled carpenter is nearly impossible in Cambodia. Most of the wood available in the village is illegal rare hardwood anyways, so eventually we'll have to shell out the big bucks and have a truck bring us bricks from a far away depot.

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Nice to see these hand made, natural upgrades, made by @sreypov and you. Visiting Cambodia is still in the back of my mind but my plans have slowed down a little so I don't really have an idea when.

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I realize now is a hectic time for you considering the circumstances. With you mentioning a visit, it reminds me that I really should market the cabin as a digital nomad's dream work-cation escape. With a 4G modem and a little workstation, someone could easily mix play and work, and we can even take crypto as payment.

There is still lots of work to do, the wind and rain come in completely sideways a lot of the time, climbing up the roof tiles and raining inside the house, and many other places aren't weatherproofed. I want to feel comfortable enough that a guest could leave a laptop laying on a table in the cabin during a rainstorm without negative consequences πŸ˜‰.

Take care of yourself my man, lots of love from my family to you.

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Little Nutsara, the cute baby. everyone definitely likes and enjoys seeing babies, besides being cute and of course he is also adorable especially if he has started to learn to talk a few words or two, haha ​​very funny. Btw, how old is Little Nutsara justin, 8-10 months πŸ˜„

If I see the situation around your house from the photo, yes, you really have to work extra to quickly finish the trench, because in every post you always say that there is no day without rain there and it is very dangerous. Your house is right on top of a cliff and next to it is a small ravine, right? And it's definitely prone to landslides if it rains continuously every day, yes I pray that it doesn't happen πŸ™πŸ˜©

Yes, cassava fence can be a solution when we are experiencing difficult financial conditions, and there are many benefits that we can take from it. Besides the fruit, the leaves can also be cooked into a very delicious fatty vegetable hehe 🀀

That's a cool staircase, a mix of stone and bamboo, both of which are now very easy to get there. very innovative and creative. Have a nice day my brother πŸ‘ 😊

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I think you are right about her age, she just stood up by herself a few days ago for the first time. It was very fun to see it happen at our place, and she is such a playful baby.

The rainy season here seems like perhaps 8+ months, so I think when the rains stop it will be very important to work quickly on construction projects and finish them before the rains return. When the river is low I hope I can move some rocks to reinforce our river bank as well.

The cassava fence will be an edible wall I hope, and if I can weave the plants together as they grow, it will be very hard for someone to walk through it. Something similar to the picture below perhaps πŸ€”. Free construction materials are the best.

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A nice stairs, I think you should plant a lot of bamboos on the bank of the river this season because it rainy season. The bamboo will grow fast to prevent from the landslide.

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We have planted a bit of bamboo that we ordered online, but we definitely need to plant a lot more to control erosion. There is a lot of wild bamboo in the forest, but it's not good to eat or good for construction, so we don't want to grow it here. We were hoping the bamboo we bought would grow quickly so we could propagate it, but it's slow because the clay soil. We definitely need to buy more.

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Nutsara is such a cute baby. She will bring much joy to others around her

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Indeed, and she is very comfortable with us because she sometimes stays and plays without her parents. We don't mind to babysit at all.

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Looks like a great start to a drainage ditch and a staircase! You and SreyPov have been busy!

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The first hut is still in good enough condition to not disassemble it for now, so we're trying to beautify it a bit. Mostly though we are just waiting for the rains to stop so we can build.

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I'm 8 days behind this post. I'm guessing by this time the drain is done. Glad to see things coming along and can't wait to stay there myself!

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I anxiously await the day we receive Hive visitors. We haven't lived here long enough to know when it's not the rainy season, but when we first moved in the weather was dry for 3 weeks, I assume that was the end of the dry season here. Based on how long we've been here already with nonstop rain, I can only assume the dry season is 3 months long max, and that would be the best time to visit, otherwise you're watching rain all day and walking on slick clay.

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No worries. I can live with this

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Found you in the bottom right image, what is that between your legs? Whatever it is, perhaps you can leave it at home when you come to visit πŸ˜‰.

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Clearly, that's my belt. I will make sure to set it aside when I use that slide next time 🀣

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