Off-grid living in Uruguay

How to build a house and become reasonably self-sustainable

The title says it all I guess? We will use this blog to document the process of building a house and become reasonably self-sustainable in a reasonably sustainable way near Carmelo in Uruguay. Hopefully there will be some beer brewing every now and then, a couple of weird side projects, and the occasional regular adventure to report about too.

Spring 2021

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Spring is pushing hard and we can see it all around here at our place. The air smells sweet of tabaquillo (Trixis praestans), Acacia and Jazmin. It is full of flowers and the birds, bees and bumble bees are exited. Deciduous plants like grape vines, pecan, guavas, apples and pears…

Autumn 2021

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Autumn and spring are busy times for us out and about growing food and such. Time to harvest before the first low temperatures or sudden frosts come. Also soil and seedlings need to be prepared and started in order to have everything ready for transplanting just before or throughout the…