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This blog was started in February 2007 for documenting the shaping of my freestyle kayak (most of it is in french, except a summary in german). Pani Piyo! is the name of the kayak and means drink water! in Hindi, one of the main languages in northern India .

But the blog is not only about kayak, and you can browse through the categories: "Overland to India 2007-2008", "Pani piyo 2008" for informations on building a kayak with vacuum bagging (in French or German), "Building a paddle", "Wood - Carpentry", or "Miscellaneous".

You'll find texts in English, French and German. I'm sorry for this melting pot, but it is quite tricky for me as a french living in Austria to find the right language...

 

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8 août 2010 7 08 /08 /août /2010 20:59
Empty tomatoes
Empty tomatoes
I mentioned in a previous article that slugs are a nasty pest in our garden... Here the proof: The garden is far away from where we live, and because we had no time to take care of them the tomatoes grew too close to the soil where the slugs are.
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26 juillet 2010 1 26 /07 /juillet /2010 21:55
Bicycles in Amsterdam
Bicycles in Amsterdam
While visiting the Netherlands, one of the most amazing things for me were the few hundred thousands of bicycles in Amsterdam. First, there are giant parkplaces but generally there are bicycles chained everywhere... there are familybikes... lying bikes......
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3 juin 2010 4 03 /06 /juin /2010 23:36
Big Wave in Amstetten
Big Wave in Amstetten
This wave on the Ybbs in Amstetten (Austria) only appears at high water level (350 to 500 cm at the station "Opponitz", see www.kajak.at in Flussinfo>Online Pegel>Niederösterreich). After the heavy rains yesterday, there has been a lot of water during...
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2 juin 2010 3 02 /06 /juin /2010 23:48
Stern stall
Stern stall
A session of flatwater training on a lake near Vienna. Good for the balance... Although sometimes eskimo roll without paddle doesn't work...
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14 mai 2010 5 14 /05 /mai /2010 21:03
Garden 2010: No-till maize trial & other experiments
Garden 2010: No-till maize trial & other experiments
This year we will probably be in Vienna for a large part of the summer, and we've just found a community garden for growing some vegetables. But because I am interested in agriculture and not only in gardening, I started an experiment with maize in a...
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20 avril 2010 2 20 /04 /avril /2010 20:37
Videos sur l'agriculture sans labour
Videos sur l'agriculture sans labour
Voila quelques videos sur l'agriculture sans labour. Sans commentaire, elles parlent d'elles memes:
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4 avril 2010 7 04 /04 /avril /2010 20:07
Strawberry juce for all
Strawberry juce for all
It is often a difficult question when you are invited: what do I bring to my hosts...? Here is a new strategy that I started using. I go to my local supermarket, preferably after it has closed, and find the garbage where the unsold goods are disposed...
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16 mars 2010 2 16 /03 /mars /2010 20:44
"Dirt! The movie": a tribute to soil conservation
"Dirt! The movie": a tribute to soil conservation
The movie "Dirt!" deals with one of the most important things on this world: soil fertility and soil conservation. It was inspired by William Bryant Logan's book "Dirt! The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth" http://www.dirtthemovie.org/ Another book by David...
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25 février 2010 4 25 /02 /février /2010 18:04
Toilettes sèches... pas encore chez moi malheureusement...
Ca fait bien longtemps que je m'interesse aux toilettes seches, surtout depuis la lecture des travaux de Joseph Orszagh que l'on peut lire maintenant sur son site Eautarcie. Je ne vais pas m'etendre sur les economies d'eau qui sont evidentes, mais il...
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7 janvier 2010 4 07 /01 /janvier /2010 00:20
The rolling duck
The rolling duck
Mona made a running / rolling duck for her nephew's birthday (1 year old on the 5th of January 2010):
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