Because we only can work in the late afternoon on the gravel path (a kind of Granito) of the labyrinth, we already bought the plants for the decoration around. We choose the Red Ixora (Western Red Jasmine flower). The same I used for the big Chartres Labyrinth I made at The Spa Resort Residences (behind my house) in Mae Rim/Chiang Mai.
The choice for this flower for me is easy. Fist of all I like the sparkling red color that attracts many butterflies. Second thing is the plants are high resistant to the heat (very high temperatures we have here) and sun. After deep rooted, they do not need much water to survive. So, we hope this will work out.
The only worry is that the last step of the plastering work of the Labyrinth is to clean with acid to get the cement out and clean with a lot of water afterwards. We hope this will go well for the plants. To be a bit more sure we only cut the base of the plastic plant bags and put lots of great soil underneath so the roots will find their way down soon (we hope) and will not be disturbed too much by the cleaning process. The plants are on a distance of 40 cm from the concrete labyrinth base.
Another discovery we made. Working with the gravel/plaster/granito did not give me a lot of fun. It's really very hard working. We followed the manual printed on the back of every bag. Only 3 liters of water is preferred on a three component mix of 20 kg. That made it hard to work with and to get a flat and clear service.
Today we checked again. Actually it say a minimum of 3 liters water depending on the job. So I added about half a liter of water more and this made working much easier (and quicker). Hope to see the results tomorrow.
Last night a friend of Kadhow wanted to visit him. Not happy with that. He or she left her footprints in the fresh pavement. I tried to fix that this afternoon.
Frans Captijn
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