Karangbakal, Indonesia Exemplary Compost Ricks

Just by using simple machinery and some hand work, already on June 14, 1994 at the Karangbakal location, high on the Dieng Plateau in Indonesia.

Just want to show you:

Short video showing the storage of the Sugar Cane Bagasse; Pre-Wet and then the perfect ricking.
One really has to comb the world for finding such perfect compost ricks!
Related links:Dieng Plateau Indonesia - Where We Worked | previous post by meOversight of Dieng Plateau area in Indonesia with mushroom growing sheds and doing training | post by meDieng Plateau area spent mushroom compost being carried up to terraces | post by me

Come Visit us in Indonesia and meet my skilled Couture Seamstress Ms. Yati

In June of  1994, when we were over a 3-week period back in Indonesia, for consulting at the mushroom farm, we arrived from Jakarta in Yogyakarta and then some two hours driving up into the mountains.

At the Guest Bungalow in Kalianget we stayed and were enjoying a leisurely Sunday.

Before dark, we did go to nearby Wonosobo for bringing my sueded silk from Hong Kong to Ms Yati.She was an excellent couture seamstress from Jakarta and she also knew English.Due to her aging Mother having dementia, she'd come to rural Central Java as a caregiver...So that's what we did, dropping off the material, sewing pattern and explaining to her how and such.That gave her the time for finishing my dress, before we would depart back to the USA.

That's the dress!

Wearing it on a Sunday to Mass and then changing, before heading to the airport for our flight to Amsterdam, The Netherlands, visiting my Parents and Family.

Pieter on the wood trail in our garden in his Burberry summer suit.

Always hard for leaving a perfectly blooming summer garden behind.

Here, Pieter is indulging in the perfume from the Ginger lilies...

Ms. Yati did an excellent job on this sueded silk dress with silk lining from Britex Fabrics in San Francisco, with zipper and silk thread from Britex Notions.

Pieter happy for soon being able to visit with his two brothers and family...

We always looked forward to those trips to The Netherlands; did that 66 times!

Loved the fabric when I touched it in Hong Kong, and loved my choice of dress!

Related link:

HONG KONG 1st International Conference on Mushroom Biology and Mushroom Products | when I purchased the silk fabric

{Raw Silk Purchased in Hong Kong for Sewing THIS} | previous post by me about my sewing creation

{Silk Velvet Dress from Hong Kong Trip Fabric} | previous post by me with other creation by Ms. Yati

Shillington, Pennsylvania where we lived

 After our stop in Virginia for one night and next day lunch at General Lee's Headquarters in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania we continued to the Hampton Inn in Reading, PA.

That made our trip now around 800 miles or 1287 km.

Pieter did a seminar for Campbell Soup in Temple, PA.

Meanwhile, I was free to roam around and visit the apartment where we both lived for almost half a year.

Here we are at 402 Community Drive in Shillington, Pennsylvania where our Mercury Sable slept outside all winter, no garage nor carport.Also I spent time at our favorite antique Weaver's Mall, a huge mall with several antique dealers.Found some of our French Baccarat glasses and a decanter with silver spout and lid.That was November 7, 1994
Next day I went with Pieter to the Campbell Soup Mushroom Division office, as Pieter did a farm tour, and I did crochet 16 Christmas ornaments for our City Hall: {16 Crocheted Christmas Ornaments I made for the City Hall's Tree} ←click link.
Pieter also did a farm tour for Georgi Foods and started his two days of seminar in Temple, PA. Final seminar day at Kenneth Square and it ended with a buffet.Tough days for doing such a one-man-show! But my Pieter always managed to do so, very well.Below this post you can read the 'Mushroom' Editorial Review from Campbell's CEO~Next we visited our widower friend and I cooked for him and his friends.After 3 nights in Wilmington, Delaware we drove home in one stretch... that were 755 miles or 1215 km.
So now you know where we all lived; Dublin, Georgia; Shillington, Pennsylvania; Cornuda in the Venice area in Italy; Wonosobo, Indonesia and again in Dublin, Georgia...
Editiorial Review from CEO Campbell Soup: You Brought a World-Renowned Professionalism to our Operations when they Sorely Needed ExpertiseHusband Pieter became SUPERMAN - When Push Came to Shove | previous post only a couple of weeks after returning from above Campbell Seminar...The Three Most Important Items for Mushroom Production 'Compost, Compost, Compost!' | editorial written by Campbell colleague upon Pieter's resignation and departure to Italy...1988 Juli 27 Farewell to our Beautiful Garden and Baby Devils (squirrels) | video with lots of info below about our move to Shillington, Pennsylvania