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- View of the lands for which we are stewards.
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- Some of the land, and neighboring land, was cleared decades ago for farming and cattle.
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- There is grassland (some natural and some due to human activities) interspersed with thick vegetation.
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- You can follow the path of the spring by following the patches of trees.
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- The river is pure enough to drink from.
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- A view from up high.
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- Grasslands.
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- Mountains.
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- Many kinds of trees are native to Grota Funda.
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- Mountains.
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- Small dirt roads wind through much of the land, but many areas can only be reached by horse or by foot.
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- The pavement stops before you make it to Grota Funda.
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- Grasslands.
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- Mountains.
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- “Shower” plant.
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- This one was sticky and covered in ants.
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- More plant life.
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- Edible “blood of Christ” berries.
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- More plant life.
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- More plant life.
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- More plant life.
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- More plant life.
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- More plant life.
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- Toucans, macaws, wolves, and little monkeys are common in the area.
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- Termite mounds are very common in the area. We follow their example in building with super adobe.
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- A class in building with super adobe at Cal Earth.
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- Local dirt is packed into common agriculture bags (made of polypropylene).
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- With the help of some people from the local community, we tested out doing our own project.
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- A super adobe bench.
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- Mango, banana, goiaba, maracuja (passion fruit), caju (cashew), and jack fruit, among others, grow in the area.
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- The finished bench.
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- Until our rainwater capture tank and swails are built, we run a hose to the spring uphill to water the new plants.
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- There is enough water pressure from the hose running down hill to make a sprinkler.
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- Beginning construction of a ferro cement water capture tank.
