ABOUT SKY HACIENDA

June Donaldson and Edward Garry live at an altitude of 2,600 metres in Mosoj Llajta, Yotala, 20 minutes from the colonial city of Sucre in Bolivia, South America. Using earth and stones from the land, we have sculpted beautiful buildings which compliment the high desert landscape and incorporate creative and innovative elements of design.

We have designed a high quality hotel in Sucre for guests who want to get off the treadmill of travelling from city to city in South America. At Sky Hacienda you can dictate your own timing and choose how to enjoy your stay, whether it is doing very little or exploring the best that the Andes in Bolivia has to offer.

03 April 2011

GARDENING

As the garden had a slope to it, we had to create terraces to avoid excessive run-off during the rainy season.  Ed taught Rosando how to make a dry stone wall and he did a great job.

The first terraced garden for soft fruit and vegetables
We planted out tomato plants started off in the greenhouse

...and some corn that grew in our compost heap!
But we were running out of big stones, so we drove up into the mountain above Sky Hacienda and purchased a couple of lorry loads from the relative of one of our workers.


Rosando obviously has the Inca touch when it comes to building walls.  Below is part of the wall to the outdoor kitchen.


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