Saturday Market in Cabarete
,

Saturday Market in Cabarete

Saturday Market in Cabarete There are many wonderful things that I like to do on my Sabados. Sabado inspires activities that give me comfort: Reading, quietly working, swimming, cooking, window shopping and most importantly eating. Every…
Propogating vanilla bean
,

Aquaponics Part 4

Aquaponics Part 4 A new week brings new challenges with some hard work and problems solving to move steps closer to sustainable food production. System 1: The water flow between the half barrels of the new grow bed became a problem and…
aquaponics system in the dominican republic
,

Building an Aquaponics System Part 2

With the start of a new week and we  have enough gravel made to replace the second systems grow bed. Now we can start to clean out the old gravel that had lime stone and coral in it. This system has a seperate bio-filter that will keep the…
building an aquaponics system
,

Aquaponics System

This blog is here to show the progress, results, and solutions of the aquaponics systems that will be set up and run at the Extreme hotel in Caberete, North Coast, Dominican Republic. The very basics of aquaponics is a system of growing plants…
coconut macaroons
,

All Natural Macaroons

G’s All Natural Macaroons When in doubt…bake goodies   I’m a treat addict. Like most of you, one treat often turns into a waterfall of sugar intake. After much soul searching, I figured that I should just make treats that have…
, ,

Stovetop Thanksgiving

How to cook a thanksgiving dinner on the stovetop. This year I celebrated the American thanksgiving with the Extreme family. Maya, our architect and Zach, our trainer are both from the states. Since Monica and I didn’t get around to baking…