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Timo1 - 3-29-2018 at 10:41 AM

This is what my wife and I accomplished with a 500 sq/m piece of barren ground.
Took us two trips to BA and a little imagination.
We LOVE it !!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER64n3ixIy4

norte - 3-29-2018 at 10:52 AM

Asuncion always looks so barren and unorganized to me. Why aren't there any trees?

Timo1 - 3-29-2018 at 10:56 AM

ummmmm....It's a desert ???

norte - 3-29-2018 at 10:59 AM

San Ignacio, Bahia Tortugas, Vizcaino, San Felipe, or other areas are deserts that do not look disorganized and barren. Some desert areas look alive. Its just something that always sticks out to me in the photos.

chavycha - 3-29-2018 at 11:12 AM

I'd take Asuncion in a heartbeat over any of those holes (well, San Ignacio isn't awful).

The patch looks great, Tim & Barb.

Paco Facullo - 3-29-2018 at 11:18 AM

A little slice of paradise, Ya betcha......

fishbuck - 3-29-2018 at 11:20 AM

That's nice. It will be interesting to see your trees grow in the next few years.

Timo1 - 3-29-2018 at 11:42 AM

We have a super-gardener taking care of the trees while we're gone.
We have full confidence that our plants will not only survive but thrive.

motoged - 3-29-2018 at 11:55 AM

Quote: Originally posted by norte

Asuncion always looks so barren and unorganized to me. Why aren't there any trees?

You should visit BA sometime for more than one sleep....there are trees in town....but the terrain is what it is....

Your comment is like saying, "where is the beach?" at San Borja.

And what do you mean by "disorganized"?

As you know, some folks traveling through the prairies say it is hundreds of miles of nothing and boring....and never bother to really look around and grok the complexity of it.

Each to their own.

Timo (and Barb)....you have started to create a lovely space that will gain character as time goes on....recreating and representing local flora landscaping....

Feeling homesick yet?

Timo1 - 3-29-2018 at 11:58 AM

Can't wait to get this work season over with to get back there...So much to do yet

hermosok123 - 3-29-2018 at 12:19 PM

Good for you! How did you carve the rock?

AKgringo - 3-29-2018 at 12:30 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Timo1

Can't wait to get this work season over with to get back there...So much to do yet

Tim, just when I was starting to think you were an ok guy, you start throwing that four letter w-word around!

It was good to meet you and Barb, and I sure enjoyed the sea food c-cktail and chicken.

mtgoat666 - 3-29-2018 at 12:37 PM

need some shade trees - plant some mesquite and palo verde. After they take, they would only need occasional supplemental water a couple times per year, and grow pretty fast

Timo1 - 3-29-2018 at 12:44 PM

Shade trees are growing as we type
The rock was carved by a local who is quite the artist.
He is currently on an extended vacation (re-hab) and I hope he returns to BA this fall. I have some ideas for him.

DanO - 3-29-2018 at 01:47 PM

Very cool, I like the bones. An excellent start.

woody with a view - 3-29-2018 at 04:57 PM

Looking good Tim!

Mexitron - 3-29-2018 at 05:54 PM

Nice work! What type of palms are those two together in the planter?

drzura - 3-29-2018 at 06:17 PM

Very nice.... I like your lot in BA. Keep up the awesome work.

Rossman - 3-29-2018 at 07:02 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Timo1

We have a super-gardener taking care of the trees while we're gone.
We have full confidence that our plants will not only survive but thrive.

Oh wow! I didn't know you were able to find a super gardener. When does he start taking over from me?

basautter - 3-29-2018 at 07:27 PM

Nice! :bounce:

Timo1 - 3-30-2018 at 08:52 AM

Mexitron
I don't recall the name of those plants but I suspect they are more of a hardy fern than a palm.
We bought them at a roadside vendor and they were pricey.
The bulb at the bottom is half in and half out of the ground and is about the size of a softball.
I was told the name but didn't write it down.
I have a vice-like mind that never forgets anything... NOT !!!!

David K - 3-30-2018 at 09:08 AM

Hi Tim,
Thanks for the look at your Baja Project!

The 'palms' look like Sagos, what do you think Mexitron? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycas_revoluta

Maybe plant more papaya, as they are more like palms, tall and skinny. You can order seeds from more varieties if you like. Bananas if you can get some offshoots from someone else's plant... but give them more room as they grow out and get wider without management.

A drip system on a solar or battery timer will ensure irrigation is consistent and cause the fastest growth.

Congratulations on your winter escape home!

Timo1 - 3-30-2018 at 09:10 AM

I can't believe it but I was wrong again !!
It's a couple of Sago palms.

Mexitron - 3-30-2018 at 11:36 AM

Quote: Originally posted by David K

Hi Tim,
Thanks for the look at your Baja Project!

The 'palms' look like Sagos, what do you think Mexitron? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycas_revoluta

Maybe plant more papaya, as they are more like palms, tall and skinny. You can order seeds from more varieties if you like. Bananas if you can get some offshoots from someone else's plant... but give them more room as they grow out and get wider without management.

A drip system on a solar or battery timer will ensure irrigation is consistent and cause the fastest growth.

Congratulations on your winter escape home!

Yes, that's what I was thinking but I hesitated since I've never seen Sagos in Baja before, lol. Thought they'd more likely be some Date Palms that had been cut back. Keep them watered Tim!

David K - 3-30-2018 at 03:17 PM

Tim confirmed as he posted 2 minutes after me, so probably hadn't seen my reply. Sagos in Baja! What will the world come to???

surfhat - 3-30-2018 at 05:10 PM

Last year Juan had a few carvings on the low wall outside off the office at the La Bufadora Inn that have to be the same artist.

My east coast friends loved them, but they were a bit heavy to consider hauling them back north, and shipping them to the east coast with them was not possible. $$$$$

Nevertheless, the quality was appreciated, and BA is lucky to have him there. They are a thing of beauty and any home would love to have one or three or more of this artists pieces.

Happy Good Friday and Easter. Thanks to all here.

Bruce R Leech - 3-30-2018 at 07:31 PM

nice work I can tell everything is done with love.

woody with a view - 3-31-2018 at 07:17 AM

Quote: Originally posted by surfhat

Last year Juan had a few carvings on the low wall outside off the office at the La Bufadora Inn that have to be the same artist.

My east coast friends loved them, but they were a bit heavy to consider hauling them back north, and shipping them to the east coast with them was not possible. $$$$$

Nevertheless, the quality was appreciated, and BA is lucky to have him there. They are a thing of beauty and any home would love to have one or three or more of this artists pieces.

Happy Good Friday and Easter. Thanks to all here.

Not too heavy! 12"x30" similar to my personal best Vieja!

motoged - 3-31-2018 at 09:16 AM

Woody,
I have seen the 20 million year old megaloden teeth from the Bahia Asuncion area....but that is the first dorado fossil from the area... :coolup:

Udo - 3-31-2018 at 09:22 AM

That looks like a Sheep Head

willardguy - 3-31-2018 at 09:22 AM

and a bottle of Zima!

woody with a view - 4-1-2018 at 03:26 PM

Vieja and a Zima. And sorta f'in heavy!!!

edit: better foto!

[Edited on 4-1-2018 by woody with a view]

CaboMagic - 4-1-2018 at 05:29 PM

Those sago palms are beautiful - My experience with them is they do great in containers .. I planted teeny tiny babies like 4" in 1997 in containers that were 20" diameter and they exploded to fill them - we sold that place in 2003 and didn't take any photos. But I enjoyed them ..

Thank you for sharing the video and your journey. Wishing you both happiness and good times - dreams coming true :-)

shari - 4-2-2018 at 07:42 PM

Your place is really coming along nicely...you will be amazed how great it will look when your plants start filling out and creeping up the fence. It is such a great campfire party location too!

I remember moving here to la bufadora and there was not a lick of green, not one tree or plant out here on the rock but years of experimenting with what plants like the salty wind paid off and our trees & gardens are beautiful now. The biggest surprise was the Norfolk pine and how enormous it grew so fast.

Norte...actually Asuncion has more trees and gardens than any other west coastal fishing village I have seen in central baja and a wonderful variety of trees and flowers. Our main street has beautiful flowers and bougainvillea in planters down the middle. The village has grown up around the beach which is the main feature of the town.

gueribo - 4-3-2018 at 01:57 PM

What a wonderful project. Will look forward to seeing updates.

caj13 - 4-4-2018 at 01:17 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Timo1

This is what my wife and I accomplished with a 500 sq/m piece of barren ground.
Took us two trips to BA and a little imagination.
We LOVE it !!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER64n3ixIy4

Nice Timo, but I do have a question. how come when I pull it up on u-tube, all of the other videos recomended on the right side are all about male to female transformations, cross dressing etc (outside of 1 motorcycle baja trip video)

Not sure how U tube does that, i guess i'm trying to figure out if it's you, or me that triggered UTube to put in all those other videos!

Timo1 - 4-5-2018 at 07:31 AM

hahahahaha !!!
Gotta be a you-tube thing.
Last I looked, all my parts were in the right places