Claire's Blog

Sowing seeds: potato, pumpkin, watermelon and melon.  Travelling during lockdown with a Farmer's Certificate, we easily passed through the road checks. 

Something unplanned turning up can take you somewhere you'd never have been otherwise...

After collecting the entrance to the dome from Vahit usta, our team spent the day working how to break the pure geometry of the 25m2 structure.  Spring flowers are blossoming.  

Despite the cold, plants are coming to life, many rosettes radiating between the spinach plants. 

İnci called the first gathering of team of the new UNDP project, Kırcan. 

Osman usta, a local stone mason, prepared the foundations for the dome.  For the next 3 months, the cows and their calves have their right to milk - no more milk, butter, cheese or yogurt for a while.  

A visit from Alp Pir and his team show the way to Ecological Restoration. It's too warm for the season, 10 degrees above the expected maximum. 

Weekend confinement at Güneşköy, roaming 75000 square meters with Derviş. Rain, snow, biting cold and sun, then spring-like warmth. 

Through thick fog, to find Herkül again.  

Positive connections during this chaotic 2020's last Güneşköy day

Looking at photos will give little idea of winter conditions at Güneşköy.