The Dacha Project is a collective of 6 humans (some munchkin, some tall) who are in the process of creating an environmentally sustainable house&home together. We aspire to be off the grid & possibly built out of straw. Our blog is a work in progress (& a labor love), just like us.
Green Nettle Dacha. Green is the color of tulip leaves & the bodies of succulents. green means go & has long been embraced by the environmental community as a reminder of a return to the earth–to classics like chlorophyll. green is related to the Old English verb growan, which means to grow. the color green is restful to the eyes & reduces fatigue.
nettles may contain deadly toxins, yet can be brewed for tea, used medicinally or as raw material for papermaking.
in Russia a dacha (да́ча in russky) was a retreat home, to get away from urban areas and connect to nature. the richer crowd used them for social and cultural gatherings, while the poor squatted in them and grew their own food since the gov couldn’t supply enough. many didnt have indoor plumbing. even today many people have dachas and enjoy growing things and sunbathing and sitting around the samovar drinking tea.
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